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Scribonia (gens)

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Scribonius or Scribonia is the nomen of the gens Scribonia of Ancient Roman, who lived during the Roman Republic and Roman Empire. They were of plebeian status and members included:

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Men of the gens

  • Gaius Scribonius Curio, consul 76 BC
  • Quintus or Gaius Scribonius Curio, a senator and son to the above, who married Fulvia as her second husband
  • Lucius Scribonius Libo, a man from a senatorial family, the father of the Scribonia who was the second wife of future Roman Emperor Augustus
  • Lucius Scribonius Libo, a son to the above, who was consul in 34 BC
  • Lucius Scribonius Libo, a grandson to the above, who was consul in 16
  • Scribonius, an usurper who about 16 BC almost seized the throne of the Bosporan Kingdom
  • Marcus Scribonius Libo Drusus, grandson of consul in 34 BC, Lucius Scribonius Libo and brother to the above who was consul in 16. The brothers were charged with plotting against the Roman Emperor Tiberius, Germanicus, and Julius Caesar Drusus in 16. Marcus committed suicide to avoid facing trial
  • Scribonius Largus, a physician to the Roman Emperor Claudius

    • Women of the gens

  • Scribonia, the sister of Lucius Scribonius Libo, consul in 34 BC, and Cornelia Sulla, who was the second wife of future Roman Emperor Augustus
  • Scribonia, niece of the above, who was the daughter of Lucius Scribonius Libo, consul in 34. This Scribonia married her great-granduncle Sextus Pompeius and bore him a daughter, Pompeia Magna
  • Scribonia (daughter of Lucius Scribonius Libo consul 16)

    • References

    Scribonia (gens) Wikipedia
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