Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (consul 78 BC)

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Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (* 120 BC ; † 77 BC in Sardinia ) was a Roman politician of the late republic from the patrician dynasty of the Aemilians .

Maybe he was 89 BC. During the alliance war military tribune . 82 BC He probably took the city of Norba as Sulla's legacy during the civil war (this could also have been Mamercus Aemilius Lepidus Livianus ). No later than 81 BC He was praetor in 80 BC. BC as Proprätor governor of Sicily.

78 BC Lepidus became consul . He tried to reverse the measures taken by the resigned dictator Sulla, who died that year, but met resistance from his colleague Quintus Lutatius Catulus and the Optimates . As proconsul in 77 BC He was supposed to administer the provinces of Gallia Transalpina and Gallia Cisalpina , but moved with an army against Rome . It was struck by Catulus at the Milvian Bridge and then again at Cosa by Catulus and Pompey . Lepidus had to flee to Sardinia , where he died soon after.

His son of the same name belonged to the second triumvirate .

literature

  • T. Robert S. 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, pp. 34, 70, 75, 79, 84, 88.
  • T. Robert S. Broughton: The Magistrates Of The Roman Republic. Volume 3: Supplement (= Philological Monographs. Vol. 15, Part 3). Scholars Press, Atlanta GA 1986, ISBN 0-89130-811-3 , p. 7.
  • Hans Georg Gundel : Lepidus I. 5. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 3, Stuttgart 1969, Col. 577.
personal data
SURNAME Aemilius Lepidus, Marcus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lepidus, Marcus Aemilius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman consul 78 BC Chr.
DATE OF BIRTH 120 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 77 BC Chr.
Place of death Sardinia