Gaius Livius Drusus (other)
Gaius Livius Drusus may refer to: * Gaius Livius Drusus (consul), Roman consul in 147 BC * Gaius Livius Drusus (jurist), blind jurist * Gaius Livius Drusus, presumed brother of empress Livia Livia Drusilla (30 January 59 BC – 28 September AD 29) was a Roman empress from 27 BC to AD 14 as the wife of Roman emperor, Emperor Augustus Caesar. She was known as Julia Augusta after her formal Adoption in ancient Rome, adoption into the J ...

Gaius Livius Drusus (consul)
Gaius Livius Drusus was a Roman politician who was consul in 147 BC, together with Scipio Aemilianus. Family Livius Drusus was a member of the plebeian gens Livia. His father was born to the patrician gens Aemilia, most likely a younger brother of Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus, who was adopted by Marcus Livius Drusus Salinator. He was the father of Gaius Livius Drusus, Marcus Livius Drusus and Livia. Political career Livius Drusus was elected Praetor around the year 150 BC. He was then elected consul for 147 BC, alongside Scipio Aemilianus, who was possibly his first cousin. As the Third Punic War was raging, there was enormous concern in Rome about who was going to be assigned the command of the Roman forces against Carthage. Drusus, as was the custom, requested that lots be drawn to assign the provinces to the respective consuls. This was vetoed by one of the plebeian tribunes, who proposed that the assignment of the provinces be put before the ''concilium Plebis''. ...
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Gaius Livius Drusus (jurist)
Gaius Livius Drusus was a jurist mentioned by Cicero in his work ''Tusculanae Disputationes''. He became a successful jurist despite going blind young, or possibly even being blind at birth. Biography Early life Drusus was a son of Gaius Livius Drusus, he had two known siblings, a brother named Marcus Livius Drusus and a sister named Livia. Career Despite being the eldest son Drusus never stood for election, likely due to his blindness. Drusus composed works of great use to students of law, and was cited by subsequent writers on the law. Celsus cites an opinion of Livius Drusus concerning a seller's rights at law, stating that the seller might bring an equitable action for damages against the buyer, to recover the expenses of the upkeep of a slave, whom the buyer, without due cause, had refused to accept. Priscian attributes to Drusus the sentence ''"Impubes libripens esse non potest, neque antestari"'' ("Young boys cannot stand on their feet before they can learn to balance."). ...
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Gaius Livius Drusus (brother Of Drusilla)
Gaius Livius Drusus may refer to: * Gaius Livius Drusus (consul), Roman consul in 147 BC * Gaius Livius Drusus (jurist), blind jurist * Gaius Livius Drusus, presumed brother of empress Livia Livia Drusilla (30 January 59 BC – 28 September AD 29) was a Roman empress from 27 BC to AD 14 as the wife of Roman emperor, Emperor Augustus Caesar. She was known as Julia Augusta after her formal Adoption in ancient Rome, adoption into the J ...