Marcus Scribonius Libo Drusus

Marcus Scribonius Drusus Libo was a son to the consul Lucius Scribonius Libo II. Marcus was a fatuous man, who had tastes for absurdities.

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.

Marcus stabbed himself twice in the stomach to death on 13 September 16AD. The senate agreed to divide his property among accusers; his statue removed from descendant’s funeral-parades; that ‘Scribonius’ should bear the name ‘Drusus’; any supporters be executed and the day of his death, be a public holiday.

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