Lucius Aemilius Mamercus (Consul)

Lucius Aemilius Mamercus was a politician of the legendary early phase of the Roman Republic . According to ancient tradition, which modern science regards as predominantly fictional, it is said to have been in the 5th century BC. Was three times Roman consul .

Mamercus belonged to the Mamerci branch of the patrician gens Aemilia ; he was the oldest representative of the Aemilians who emerged in political life. He is said to have his first consulate in 484 BC. With Kaeso Fabius Vibulanus . 478 BC BC he became consul for the second time, this time his colleague was Gaius Servilius Structus Ahala . Dionysius of Halicarnassus reports that Aemilius Mamercus made peace with the residents of the rival city of Veji during this second term in office . Because he had not consulted the Senate before this decision , he was denied a triumphal procession .

Mamercus had his third consulate in 473 BC. Chr. Inside. His colleague was either Vopiscus Iulius Iullus or Opiter Verginius Tricostus Esquilinus , the tradition here is inconsistent. In the Senate Aemilius Mamercus came loud Dionysius of Halicarnassus as a speaker for the agrarian law of Spurius Cassius Viscellinus on.

Individual evidence

^ T. Robert S. Broughton : The Magistrates Of The Roman Republic. Volume 1: 509 BC - 100 BC (= Philological Monographs. Vol. 15, Part 1, ZDB -ID 418575-4 ). American Philological Association, New York NY 1951, p. 22, (Reprinted unchanged 1968).
^ T. Robert S. Broughton: The Magistrates Of The Roman Republic. Volume 1: 509 BC - 100 BC (= Philological Monographs. Vol. 15, Part 1). American Philological Association, New York NY 1951, pp. 25 f., (Unchanged reprint 1968).
^ T. Robert S. Broughton: The Magistrates Of The Roman Republic. Volume 1: 509 BC - 100 BC (= Philological Monographs. Vol. 15, Part 1). American Philological Association, New York NY 1951, p. 29, (Unchanged reprint 1968).

literature

Elimar Klebs : Aemilius (96) . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, Sp. 570.

personal data
SURNAME	Aemilius Mamercus, Lucius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Mamercus, Lucius Aemilius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Roman consul
DATE OF BIRTH	6th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	after 473 BC Chr.

[1] T. Robert S. Broughton : The Magistrates Of The Roman Republic. Volume 1: 509 BC - 100 BC (= Philological Monographs. Vol. 15, Part 1, ZDB -ID 418575-4 ). American Philological Association, New York NY 1951, p. 22, (Reprinted unchanged 1968).

[2] T. Robert S. Broughton: The Magistrates Of The Roman Republic. Volume 1: 509 BC - 100 BC (= Philological Monographs. Vol. 15, Part 1). American Philological Association, New York NY 1951, pp. 25 f., (Unchanged reprint 1968).

[3] T. Robert S. Broughton: The Magistrates Of The Roman Republic. Volume 1: 509 BC - 100 BC (= Philological Monographs. Vol. 15, Part 1). American Philological Association, New York NY 1951, p. 29, (Unchanged reprint 1968).