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LIBO , in ancient Rome, the name of a family belonging to the Scribonian gene. It is chiefly interesting for its connexion with the Puteal Scribonianum or Puteal Libonis in the forum at Rome,3 dedicated or restored by one of its. members, perhaps the praetor of 204 B.c., or the tribune of the people
century B.C., held its sittings, which led to the place becoming the haunt of litigants, money-lenders and business people
Puteal was the name given to an erection (or enclosure) on a spot 'which had been struck by lightning; it was so called from its resemblance to the stone kerb or low enclosure round a well (puteus). was between the temples of Castor and Vesta, near the Porticus Julia and the Arcus Fabiorum, but no remains have been discovered. The idea that an irregular circle of travertine blocks, found near the temple of Castor, formed part
See Horace , Sat. ii. 6. 35, Epp. i. 19. 8; Cicero, Pro Sestio, 8; for the well-known coin of L. Scribonius Libo, representing the puteal of Libo, which rather resembles a cippus (sepulchral monument
Carter
marble imitation found at Vcii is also given.End of Article: LIBO If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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