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3 unusual facts about Lucius Scribonius Libo


Lucius Scribonius Libo

Lucius and wife had three children, two sons: Lucius Scribonius Libo (below) and Marcus Scribonius Libo Drusus and a daughter Scribonia who married Sextus Pompey.

During the civil wars that occurred after the assassination of Julius Caesar, he sided with his son in law Sextus Pompey.

Marcus Livius Drusus Libo

Marcus Livius Drusus Libo was the natural son of Lucius Scribonius Libo and an unknown wife.


Puteal Scribonianum

A coin issued in 62 BC by Lucius Scribonius Libo (consul 34 BC) depicts this puteal, which he had renovated.

The Scribonian Puteal was dedicated or restored by a member of the Libo family, perhaps the praetor of 204 BC, or the tribune of the people in 149 BC.


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