Marcus Licinius Crassus Frugi ( 1st century BC) was the adoptive son of consul

Marcus Licinius Crassus Marcus Licinius Crassus (; 115 – 53 BC) was a Roman general and statesman who played a key role in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire. He is often called "the richest man in Rome." Wallechinsky, David & Wallace, I ...

and the adoptive great-grandson of triumvir

. Frugi's adoptive father was the last known direct descendant of the triumvir who bore his name.

Life

Frugi served as a consul under the Roman emperor Augustus in 14 BC, during the Roman Empire. An inscription from the

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indicates he was governor of

Hispania Tarraconensis Hispania Tarraconensis was one of three Roman provinces in Hispania. It encompassed much of the northern, eastern and central territories of modern Spain along with modern northern Portugal. Southern Spain, the region now called Andalusia was the ...

around 10 BC. Another document shows he was proconsular governor of Africa for the term 9/8 BC. Ronald Syme, ''The Augustan Aristocracy'' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), p. 276 Frugi's father is unknown; however, he may have been Marcus Pupius Piso Frugi (who may have been praetor in 44 BC and could have been a legatus in 40 BC), and his paternal grandfather was

Marcus Pupius Piso Frugi Calpurnianus Marcus Pupius Piso Frugi Calpurnianus was a Roman senator. Originally a member of the gens Calpurnia, which claimed descent from Numa Pompilius, the second king of Rome, a Calpurnius Piso Frugi, he was adopted by Marcus Pupius, when the latter was ...

, consul in 61 BC. Frugi, by an unnamed wife, had a son called

Marcus Licinius Crassus Frugi Marcus Licinius Crassus Frugi (flourished 1st century AD) was a Ancient Rome, Roman nobleman of consular rank who lived during the Roman Empire. Frugi's mother was an unnamed Roman woman, while his father was consul and governor Marcus Licinius Cr ...

, who served as consul in 27 who married Scribonia, a descendant of the triumvir Pompey, and a daughter called Licinia who married the consul of 27, Lucius Calpurnius Piso.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Licinius Crassus Frugi, Marcus 1st-century BC Romans Ancient Roman adoptees Ancient Roman generals Calpurnii Pisones Imperial Roman consuls Frugi, Marcus Roman governors of Africa Roman governors of Hispania Tarraconensis Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown