Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (Consul 285 BC)
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus was a Roman politician in the first third of the 3rd century BC. Chr.
He was the first bearer of the cognomen Lepidus ( Latin : graceful) in the gens Aemilia . The Aemilii Lepidi belonged to the leading families in Rome until the early imperial period . Since his name is not preserved in the consular fasts, there is no filiation so that the genealogical connection with the other Aemilians must remain unclear. He arrived in 285 BC. To the consulate , which he held with Gaius Claudius Canina . Nothing is known about her term of office.
The son or, more likely, the grandson of Lepidus was the consul of the same name in 232 BC. Chr.
literature
- 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. 186 (Unchanged reprint 1968).
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| SURNAME | Aemilius Lepidus, Marcus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lepidus, Marcus Aemilius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman consul 285 BC Chr. |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd century BC Chr. |