Marcus Livius Drusus Libo was the natural son of Lucius Scribonius Libo and an unknown wife[1]. His natural paternal aunt was Scribonia, the second wife of Augustus, as a consequence of which he was a natural paternal first cousin of Julia Caesaris.
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He is believed to have been adopted by Marcus Livius Drusus Claudianus[2][3], the father of Livia Drusilla, who was the third wife of Augustus.
However, as a result of his 'L.f.' filiation attested in Book 54 of the Roman History of Cassius Dio[4], it is believed that his adoption was only testmentary[5] (whereby the adoptee is permitted to use, and therefore carry on, the name of the adoptor)[6].
The career of Marcus Livius Drusus Libo is largely unknown, except that he was ordinary consul in 15 BC with Lucius Calpurnius Piso. Livius Drusus served as an aedile in 28 BC, shortly before the Pantheon in Rome was completed. He served as a consul in 15 BC. Historian Pliny the Elder (H.N. xxxvi. 15. s. 24), mentions him among those in Rome, who hosted the Secular Games, during Augustus’ reign. There is also a possibility that he was a member of the Arval Brethren[7].
No wife is on attestation for Marcus Livius Drusus Libo, only a daughter. The existence of this daughter is assumed on the basis of the name of a young woman named Livia Medullina Camilla, whom Claudius was intended to marry in 8AD, but who died on the day of their wedding[8].
It is believed that Livia Medullina Camilla was the daughter of Marcus Furius Camillus and a woman named 'Livia', theorised to be the daughter of Marcus Livius Drusus Libo on the basis of the name 'Livia' in Livia Medullina Camilla[9][10].
| Preceded by Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus and Lucius Tarius Rufus |
Consul of the Roman Empire together with Lucius Calpurnius Piso 15 BC |
Succeeded by Marcus Licinius Crassus Frugi and Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Augur |