Gaius Livius Drusus[1] was a Roman politician who was consul in 147 BC, together with Scipio Aemilianus.
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.
[4] 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.