Marcus Aemilius Paullus (Consul 302 BC)

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Marcus Aemilius Paullus was a member of the Roman patrician dynasty of the Aemilians and clad in 302 BC. The consulate .

Life

According to the Fasti Capitolini , both the grandfather and the father of Marcus Aemilius Paullus carried the prenomen Lucius . Nothing is known about his early cursus honorum . As the first of his family he reached 302 BC. The consulate, where he had Marcus Livius Denter as an official colleague. The historian Titus Livius reports that the Aequer were angry about the establishment of a Roman colony on their territory and attacked it unsuccessfully; Nevertheless, the uprising in Rome caused consternation and prompted the election of the dictator Gaius Junius Bubulcus Brutus , who had a quick success over the Aequer. The ancient historian Friedrich Münzer doubts the historicity of the Livian report, since the Aequer as early as 304 BC. BC were decisively defeated.

Livy also mentions that the Roman annalists provided contradicting information about Rome's conflict with 302 BC. Spartan prince Cleonymos who landed with a fleet in southern Italy . This fell into the territory of the Sallentines and conquered Thuriae ( Thurioi ?), But according to one version he was defeated in a battle by the consul Marcus Aemilius Paullus and had to retreat to his ships, while according to the other version he was already before the Appearance of the dictator Gaius Junius Bubulcus Brutus sent against him. Friedrich Münzer gives preference to the second variant.

Also in 302 BC According to Livius, Aemilius Paullus is said to have become Magister equitum of the dictator Marcus Valerius Maximus . The Roman historian polemicizes against the representation of some sources that it was rather Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus who was the horseman. The mistake was probably due to the fact that both men wore the Cognomen Maximus . In support of his opinion, Livy also cites a military failure of the Magister Equitum : he first undertook a successful campaign against the Martians together with the dictator , but was surprised by the enemy in the absence of the dictator during the subsequent war against the Etruscans and with great losses been driven back to his camp; this does not suit Fabius at all. The dictator named by Livius can be identified with Marcus Valerius Maximus Corvus , while the Fasti Capitolini ascribe this dictatorship to his father Marcus Valerius Corvus and a year later, 301 BC. Chr., Start. According to the Fasti Capitolini, Magister equitum was first Fabius Maximus Rullianus, who then abdicated and was replaced by Aemilius Paullus. The historicity of this dictatorship and the associated position as a rider leader are controversial in antiquity research.

literature

Remarks

  1. ↑ Titus Livius 10, 1, 7 (without specifying the cognom, pränomen in the manuscripts dropped out); Diodor 20, 106, 1 (without cognomen); among others
  2. ^ Livy 10, 1, 8f.
  3. ↑ Friedrich Münzer: Junius 62). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume X, 1, Stuttgart 1918, Sp. 1029.
  4. ^ Livy 10, 2, 1ff .; on this Friedrich Münzer: Iunius 62). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume X, 1, Stuttgart 1918, Col. 1029 f.
  5. ^ Livy 10, 3, 3.
  6. ↑ Livy 10, 3, 4-8.
  7. ↑ Hans Volkmann : Valerius 137). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VII A, 2, Stuttgart 1948, Col. 2417 f.
personal data
SURNAME Aemilius Paullus, Marcus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Paullus, Marcus Aemilius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman consul 302 BC Chr.
DATE OF BIRTH 4th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH after 302 BC Chr.