He was the son of Gaius Licinius Varus, possibly related to the Gaius Licinius Varus who was consul in 236 BC and who was still alive in 219 BC.
[1][2] Licinius adopted as his son and heir his sister Licinia's second son, Publius Licinius Crassus Dives Mucianus.
This son was born a Mucius Scaevola, the son of another consul, Publius Mucius Scaevola, who attained the consulship in 175 BC, and who was the brother of another consul (174 BC) and son of a praetor who had died in the Second Punic War.
The adoptive son, who also became a Pontifex Maximus, was a political ally of the Gracchi.
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