Aemilia Paulla

Aemilia Paulla was the name of the female members of the patrician family Aemilius Paullus , a branch of the Aemilians , in the Roman Empire .

Aemilia Paulla stands out from these , the daughter of Lucius Aemilius Paullus , consul in the years 219 and 216 BC. BC, loser of the Battle of Cannae , and sister of Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus , consul of 190 BC. BC, victor in the battle of Pydna and conqueror of Macedonia .

She was married to Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus († 183 BC), consul in 205 and 194 BC. BC, the commander of the Second Punic War and victor in the Battle of Zama . Your children were:

• Cornelia Maior, the wife of Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Corculum , consul 162 and 155 BC. BC, and mother of Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Serapio , consul 138 BC. Chr.,
• Cornelia Africana († 100 BC), wife of Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus the Elder (consul 177 and 163 BC) and mother of Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus and Gaius Sempronius Gracchus ,
• Lucius Cornelius Scipio and Publius Cornelius Scipio , the two praetors of the year 174 BC. The latter adopted Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus Africanus , the Roman general in the Third Punic War , the conqueror and destroyer of Carthage - the son of Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus and thus also the nephew of Aemilia Paula.

Aemilia Paulla is said to have been lenient towards her husband, whom she survived, for example not making his relationship with a housemaid public in order not to publicly expose him; after the death of her husband, she gave these servants freedom and married them to a freedman . Livy reports an episode of dubious historicity, according to which Aemilia reproached her husband for agreeing to the engagement of his younger daughter Cornelia to Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus at a banquet with other senators in the Capitol without consulting them beforehand, even if she admitted, that her daughter's marriage was a very beneficial one.

In public appearances, Aemilia Paulla, who had considerable wealth, loved to display glamor and pomp. After her death, her adoptive grandson Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus gave his mother Papiria, who, like Aemilia, presented herself with great pomp at public celebrations, what belonged to it in the form of jewelry, valuable tools and servants. When Papiria died too, Scipio bequeathed her fortune to his sisters.

literature

• Elimar Klebs : Aemilius 179) . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, Col. 592.

Remarks

1. ↑ Plutarch , Aemilius 2; Polybios , Historíai 31, 26, 1.
2. ↑ Titus Livius , Ab urbe condita 38, 57, 6; among others
3. ↑ Valerius Maximus , Facta et dicta memorabilia 6, 7, 1.
4. ↑ Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita 38, 57, 5-8.
5. ↑ Polybios, Historíai 31, 26 and 31, 28, 7ff.