Marcus Scribonius Libo

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Marcus Scribonius Drusus Libo was a son to the consul Lucius Scribonius Libo II. Marcus was a fatuous man, who had tastes for absurdities.^{[citation needed]}

Along with his brother, he was accused of subversive plotting. The two men were tried in a senatorial court by Tiberius. At the trial, Marcus was ill and pleaded for mercy. A maternal relative defended them and appealed to the Emperor. Tiberius told him to apply to the senate.

His aunt, Scribonia, tried to convince Marcus to face trial rather than commit suicide. However, Marcus stabbed himself twice in the stomach to death on September 13, AD 16. The senate agreed to divide his property among accusers; his statue removed from descendant’s funeral-parades; that ‘Scribonius’ should not bear the name ‘Drusus’; any supporters be executed and the day of his death should be declared a public holiday.

Source: Tacitus, Annals, The First Treason Trials, Chapter 4.