as a young man lucius was a renowned and devoted charioteer, perhaps to the point of obsession. he was betrothed in 36 bc, at the meeting of octavian and mark antony at tarentum, to antonia major, the daughter of the latter by octavia. he was aedile in 22 bc and consul in 16 bc. after his consulship, he served as governor of africa from 13/12 bc. he was later probably the successor of tiberius in germania, where he commanded the roman army and crossed the elbe, during which he set up an altar to augustus, and penetrated further into the country than any of his predecessors had done. he also built a walkway, called the "pontes longi", over the marshes between the rhine river and the ems river. in 15 ad a battle fought on this walkway. for these achievements he received the insignia of a triumph. he died in 25.