Marcus Livius Drusus was set up as tribune by the Senate in 121 BC to undermine Gaius Gracchus' land reform bills. To do this (according to the record of Appian), he proposed creating twelve colonies with 3,000 settlers each from the poorer classes, and relieving rent on property distributed since 133 BC. He also said the Latin allies should not be mistreated by Roman generals, which was the counteroffer to Gaius' offer of full citizenship. These were known as the Leges Liviae, but they were never enacted, because the Senate simply wanted to draw support away from Gracchus. Their plan was successful and Drusus had enough support to veto Gaius' bill. Drusus was later consul in 112 BC and fought in Macedonia defeating the Scordisci, even pushing them out of Thrace across the Danube. In 109 BC he was elected censor along with the elder Marcus Aemilius Scaurus, but he died the next year in 108 BC.

Married to Scipiona av CORNELII -147--89 with
M Marcus Drusus av LIVII -130--91
M Livianus av AEMILII -128--62
F Livia Drusa av LIVII -125--90

Sonen Marcus Livius Drusus den yngre var plebejernas tribun år 91 f.Kr.. Han är mest känd för de lagförslag han drev igenom som skulle ge plebejerna ökad tillgång till land och ge medborgarskap till folken på Apenninska halvön. Lagförslaget var mycket impopulärt i den romerska eliten, där Marcus Livius Drusus gradvis förlorade bland annat senatens och equites stöd. Hans lagförslag ogiltigförklarades på grundval av teknikaliteter och kort därefter mördades Marcus Livius Drusus. Hans död var en av de utlösande faktorerna bakom bundsförvantskriget.

Gift med
Scipiona av Cornelii, född -147 i Roma, Lazio, Italien, död -89 i Roma, Lazio, Italien.

Barn:
Livia Drusa av Livii, född -125, död -90