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Marcus Livius Drusus
Marcus Livius Drusus (ca. 124-91 B.C.) was a Roman statesman who attempted to unite the nobility with the equestrian order and to reconcile the cities of Italy to the rule of Rome.
Drusus was a member of a great plebeian family, the son and grandson of consuls.
Drusus' mother belonged to the great patrician family of the Cornelii; his wife was Servilia, daughter of the Optimate leader Q. Servilius Caepio; and his sister Livia was married to Servilia's brother, also named Q. Servilius Caepio.
Political Career
It was inevitable that a man of Drusus' wealth and family connections should enter politics.
He was elected a military tribune (ca.
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105 B.C.), became one of the decemviri stilitibus judicandis, a court of 10 which decided cases as to whether a man was free or a slave (ca. 104), and was chosen a quaestor (ca. 102), the first step on the ladder of public office for aspiring Roman politicians.
He was aedile in 94 and became a pontifex at some unknown t