In this article we will explore the impact of Libo Rupilius Frugi on today's society. From its origin to its influence on different aspects of daily life, Libo Rupilius Frugi has left an indelible mark on our history. We will analyze its relevance in culture, politics, economy and technology, as well as its role in the construction of individual and collective identities. Through deep analysis, we will try to discover how Libo Rupilius Frugi has shaped and transformed the world we live in, and what perspectives it offers us for the future.
Roman senator
Libo Rupilius Frugi (died 101) was a Roman senator and an ancestor of the emperor Marcus Aurelius. He served as suffect consul in 88.
The Augustan History states that Frugi was of consular rank and refers to him as a former consul. Frugi served as a suffect consul in 88. He has been identified with the ex-consul "Libo Frugi" whom Pliny the Younger reports as speaking aggressively in the Senate concerning the case of Norbanus Licinianus.
Family
Frugi was father of Rupilia Faustina, the paternal grandmother of Marcus Aurelius. Frugi was married to Salonia Matidia, the niece of the emperor Trajan, but that marriage is too late for Salonia to be Faustina's mother. Historians Christian Settipani and Strachan have proposed that Faustina's mother was instead Vitellia Galeria Fundania, daughter of emperor Vitellius.
^The epitomator of Cassius Dio (72.22) gives the story that Faustina the Elder promised to marry Avidius Cassius. This is also echoed in HA"Marcus Aurelius" 24.
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^"Libo Frugi's wife is unknown, but J. Carcopino, REA 51 (1949) 262 ff. argued that she was Matidia. This was supported by H.-G. Pflaum, HAC 1963 (1964) 106 f. However, Schumacher, Priesterkollegien 195 points out that Libo Frugi's daughter Rupilia Faustina can hardly have been old enough, in that case, to be the mother of Marcus' father. The only way out would be to suppose that Matidia married Libo before her other two husbands; and was divorced from him (as he was still alive in 101). The theory becomes increasingly implausible." Anthony Richard Birley, Marcus Aurelius, p. 244
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