Scribonia (wife of Crassus)

Scribonia Magna (fl. 1st century), known in modern historical sources as Scribonia Crassi, was a Roman noblewoman. Scribonia was the daughter and only child of Lucius Scribonius Libo (consul AD 16), and Cornelia Pompeia Magna.

For other people with similar names, see Scribonia gens and Scribonia (disambiguation).

Lineage

Scribonia was a noblewoman of the highest birth and descended from ancient, distinguished and politically influential families. Her maternal grandparents were Pompeia and Lucius Cornelius Cinna (son of the four-time consul Lucius Cornelius Cinna), while her paternal grandparents were Lucius Scribonius Libo (consul of 34 BC) and his wife (who was a member of the gens Sulpicia, the family who later included the Roman emperor Galba, a descendent on his paternal side). Scribonia’s parents were both direct descendants of Pompeia Magna, the daughter of triumvir Pompey from his third marriage to Mucia Tertia. Lucius Scribonius Libo was a descendant of Pompeia Magna, from her first marriage to the senator Faustus Cornelius Sulla (son of the dictator Sulla), while Cornelia Pompeia Magna was the daughter of Pompeia Magna from her second marriage to suffect consul Lucius Cornelius Cinna.

Biography

Scribonia was born before AD 16, as in that year her father was executed by the Roman emperor Tiberius, who had charged him in planning a revolt against the emperor. Scribonia was born and raised in Rome. Very little is known of her life.

Scribonia married Marcus Licinius Crassus Frugi,[1] a man of consular rank. Frugi’s father, consul and governor Marcus Licinius Crassus, was the adopted son of consul and general Marcus Licinius Crassus the grandson of triumvir Marcus Licinius Crassus. He was the last known direct descendant of the triumvir and was the last known direct descendant of the triumvir who bore his name.

Children and descendants

Scribonia bore Frugi the following children:

Death

In the spring of 47 Scribonia, her husband and Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus were executed on the orders of Roman empress Valeria Messalina. After Scribonia, her husband and her son had died, the three were placed in the tomb of Licinii Calpurnii that is located on the Via Salaria. Also placed in the tomb was their son, Marcus Licinius Crassus Frugi II.

References
  1. Syme, The Roman Revolution, p.578
  2. Shelton, The Women of Pliny's Letters, p. 153
  3. Rutledge, Imperial Inquisitions: Prosecutors and Informants from Tiberius to Domitian, p. 119
  4. Rudich, Political Dissidence Under Nero: The Price of Dissimulation, p. 203
  5. Romeins Imperium – Marcus Licinius Crassus Frugi translated from Dutch to English
  6. Elsner, Life, Death and Representation: Some New Work on Roman Sarcophagi, p. 57
  7. Elsner, Life, Death and Representation: Some New Work on Roman Sarcophagi, pp. 31, 46
  8. The Cambridge Ancient History. Vol. 5, VII ed. London: Cambridge University Press, 1970-2007.
  9. Anne Publie. "Les Cneuius". & Anne Publie. "Les Caesoninus"

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