Mamercus Aemilius Lepidus Livianus

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Mamercus Aemilius Lepidus Livianus (* before 120 BC; † probably between 63 and 60 BC) was a Roman politician of the late republic .

Life

Mamercus Aemilius Lepidus Livianus was a brother of the younger Marcus Livius Drusus and was taken into the family of Aemilii Lepidi by adoption . As a legate he fought successfully in the alliance war and defeated 88 BC. BC Quintus Poppaedius Silo . Perhaps he also took part on Sulla's side in the civil war of 82/81 BC. Part. After an unsuccessful attempt, he was 77 BC. Chr. Consul and commanded considerable forces; however, he probably did not take over a province . In 70 BC BC he seems to have been princeps senatus .

Mamercus Aemilius Lepidus Livianus was pontiff , presumably as the successor of his brother Drusus. The traditional lists of the pontifices suggest that he was between 63 and 60 BC. BC died.

Remarks

  1. ^ Titus Livius , Perioche 76.
  2. ↑ Appian , Bürgerriege 1, 94. It could also mean Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (consul 78 BC) .
  3. ↑ Marcus Tullius Cicero , de officiis 2, 58.
  4. ↑ Cicero, Pro Cluentio 36 (99).
  5. ↑ Valerius Maximus 7, 7, 6.
  6. ^ TRS Broughton : The Magistrates Of The Roman Republic. Volume 2: 99 BC - 31 BC (= Philological Monographs. Vol. 15, Part 2, ZDB -ID 418575-4 ). American Philological Association, New York NY 1952, p. 185, (Unchanged reprint 1968).
personal data
SURNAME Aemilius Lepidus Livianus, Mamercus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lepidus Livianus, Mamercus Aemilius; Livianus, Mamercus Aemilius Lepidus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman politician; Consul 77 BC Chr.
DATE OF BIRTH before 120 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH uncertain: between 63 BC BC and 60 BC Chr.