Lucius Calpurnius Bibulus

{{Short description|Roman statesman (died c. 32 B.C.)}} '''Lucius Calpurnius Bibulus''' (? – died around 32 B.C.) was a Roman statesman. He was the son of the consul [[Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus]].<ref name=Syme>{{Cite journal |title=M. Bibulus and Four Sons |journal=Harvard Studies in Classical Philology |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/311404 |last=Syme |first=Ronald |date=1987 |volume=91 |pages=185–198 |publisher=Department of the Classics, Harvard University|doi=10.2307/311404 |jstor=311404 |url-access=subscription }}</ref>

==Biography== Lucius Bibulus was the son of [[Julius Caesar]]'s implacable enemy [[Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus]]. His mother could possibly have been [[Porcia Catonis]] (daughter of [[Cato the Younger]]), although it is disputed, most likely he was a son by his father's first unknown wife.<ref name= Enciclopedia_Treccani_On-Line >{{Cite book|title=Enciclopedia Treccani On-Line, 2011|ref=Enciclopedia Treccani On-Line}}</ref><ref name= MITOLOGIA >{{Cite book|author=Bibulo, Lucio|title= Calpurnio nel Dizionario Mitologico|page= 70|ref=MITOLOGIA}}</ref> His two elder brothers were killed in Egypt by some of the soldiery which [[Aulus Gabinius]] had left there after having restored [[Ptolemy Auletes]] to the throne. His father died in 48 BC from the exhaustion and strain of commanding the republican fleets against Caesar. After Caesar's murder, Lucius chose the side of [[Marcus Junius Brutus]], Porcia's new husband, for whom he fought at the [[battle of Philippi]].<ref name= Enciclopedia_Treccani_On-Line /><ref name= MITOLOGIA /> After the defeat of Caesar's murderers, he surrendered to [[Mark Antony|Marcus Antonius]] who later gave him command of his fleet. Bibulus was later made governor of Syria by [[Augustus]] and he died around 32 BC. He was also possibly the same Bibulus also wrote a short biography on Brutus which [[Plutarch]] used as a source.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Brutus: The Noble Conspirator|last=Tempest|first=Kathryn|publisher=Yale University Press|year=2017|isbn=9780300231267|page=142}}</ref> Although that Bibulus may have been a younger half-brother by Porcia.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Servilia and her Family|last=Treggiari|first=Susan|author-link=Susan Treggiari |publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2019|isbn=9780192564641}}</ref>

He married Domitia Calvina, daughter of [[Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus]] and had a daughter named Calpurnia Domitia Calvina with her. She became the mother of [[Marcus Junius Silanus Torquatus]].<ref name=Syme/>

==See also== {{Portal|Ancient Rome}} * [[List of Roman governors of Syria]]

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===Bibliography=== *{{cite book|last1=Gilson|first1=Mary|author2=Rosetta Palazzi|editor1-last=review by Federica Ciccolella and Roberto Blanco|title=Dizionario di Mitologia e dell'Antichità Classica|date=1997|publisher=[[Zanichelli Editore|Zanichelli]]|location=[[Bologna]]|isbn=978-88-08-09118-5|language=it|ref=MITOLOGIA}}

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