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AEMI1134 L. Aemilius (114) L. f. M. n. Paullus Macedonicus

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Status

• Patrician
• Nobilis Expand

  Liv. 45.43.2, VM. 7.5.3, Porc. Latro ap. Sen. Controv. 2.1.17, Juv. Sat. 8.1-32, Hieron. Ep. 108.1

Life Dates

• 228?, birth (Rüpke 2005)
• 160, death (Broughton MRR I)

Relationships

son of

L. Aemilius (118) M. f. M. n. Paullus (cos. 219) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Auct. vir. ill. 56.1, Auct. vir. ill. 56.4, , Auct. vir. ill. 56.5, Vell. I 9.3

brother of

Aemilia (179) Tertia (daughter of L. Aemilius (118) M. f. M. n. Paullus (cos. 219)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Diod. XXXI 27.3

? M. Livius (A) Aemilianus (son of? L. Aemilius (118) M. f. M. n. Paullus (cos. 219)) (DPRR Team)

married to

1 Papiria (78) (daughter of C. Papirius (57) C. f. L. n. Maso (cos. 231)) (RE)

divorced from

1 Papiria (78) (daughter of C. Papirius (57) C. f. L. n. Maso (cos. 231)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Plut. Aem. 35.1, Plut. Aem. 5.1

father of

1 P. Cornelius (335) P. f. P. n. Scipio Africanus Aemilianus (cos. 147) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

App. Ib. 65 (277), Asc. Pison. 12C, Cic. Brut. 80, Cic. Cato 19, Gell. XVI 8.10, Plut. Aem. 5.1

1 Q. Fabius (109) Q. f. Q. n. Maximus Aemilianus (cos. 145) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

App. Ib. 65 (273), Val. Max. V 10.2

Aemilia (152) (daughter of L. Aemilius (114) L. f. M. n. Paullus Macedonicus (cos. 182)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. Cato 15, Plut. Aem. 5.4

Aemilia (151) (daughter of L. Aemilius (114) L. f. M. n. Paullus Macedonicus (cos. 182)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Plut. Aem. 5.4

Aemilia (180) Tertia (daughter of L. Aemilius (114) L. f. M. n. Paullus Macedonicus (cos. 182)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. div. I 103, Cic. div. II 83, Plut. Aem. 10.3, Plut. Mor. 197, Val. Max. I 5.3

grandfather of

Q. Fabius (110) Q. Aemiliani f. Q. n. Maximus Allobrogicus (cos. 121) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. Brut. 107, Val. Max. VI 9.4

C. Porcius (5) M. f. M. n. Pap.? Cato (cos. 114) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. Verr. II iv 22

Career

• Tribunus Militum c. 198 (Suolahti 1955) Expand
  • A.79-81 (military tribune three times before 195) (Suolahti 1955)
• Tribunus Militum c. 197 (Suolahti 1955) Expand
  • A.79-81 (military tribune three times before 195) (Suolahti 1955)
• Tribunus Militum c. 196 (Suolahti 1955) Expand
  • A.79-81 (military tribune three times before 195) (Suolahti 1955)
• Quaestor before 194 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
  • Elogium, CIL 1 .1, p. 194- Inscr. Ital. 13.2.81. This is the latest probable date, since he held the aedileship in 193. (Broughton MRR I)
• Triumvir Coloniis Deducendis 194 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
  • Colonized Croton (Liv. 34.45.3-5). (Broughton MRR I)
• Aedilis Curulis 193 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
  • Liv. 35.10.11-12. Paullus was elected over twelve competitors (Plut. Aem. 3.1). See CIL 1 .1, p. 194- Inscr. Ital. 13.3.81. (Broughton MRR I)
• Augur? 192 (Rüpke 2005)
• Augur 191 to 160 (Rüpke 2005) Expand
  • CIL 1 .1, p. 194- Inscr. Ital. 13.3.81. Attained the priesthood after his aedileship and before his praetorship (Plut. Aem. 3). (Broughton MRR I)
  • On the doubts regarding Furius' achievements in the same area both as Pr. and as Cos., see 200, Praetors, and Münzer, RE. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Didasc. Ter. Hec. and Adelph.; Polyb. 31.22.1-4, and 28.1-9; Liv. Per. 46; Plut. Aem. 39.2-5; cf. CIL 1 .2.763b. (Broughton MRR I)
• Praetor 191 Hispania Ulterior (Broughton MRR I) Expand
  • Election 35.24.6 Provinces and armies Liv. 36.2.6-15. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Plut. Aem. 4.1. He had the insignia, and therefore the imperium, of a Proconsul (Plut.). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Cos. 182, 168. Procos. 190, 189. The title Imp(erator) in the inscription of Lascuta, which is dated a. d. XII K. Febr. (CIL 1(2).2.644-ILS 15-ILLRP 514) places his victory in the consular year 190. E. Meyer (Erasmus 6, nos. 13-14, 480) points out that his imperium was not formally prorogued for 189. He was assigned the command in Farther Spain while praetor in 191 but with twelve lictors and imperium pro consule (Plut. Aem. 4.1). Jashemski correctly notes that throughout this period the governors of Spain were sent as praetors except in some emergencies, but held proconsular imperium (Origin and History of the Proconsular and Propraetorian Imperium to 27 B. C. 25, 41-50; cf. R. C. Knapp, Aspects of the Roman Experience in Iberia, 206-100 RC 94). On the subject of praetors with consular imperium both in and after their year as praetors, see the convincing comments of R. E. Smith, Service in the Post-Marian Army 11-16, esp. 13, note 2, and thereafter on individual provinces. A. H. McDonald offers as an explanation of the inconsistencies in Livy's record of the titles that one source treated them as praetors and another as proconsuls (JRS 43, 1953, 143- 144; and note his references to Kahrstedt and Klotz, ibid.).[9x] (Broughton MRR III)
  • p. 731 (Brennan 2000)
• Proconsul 190 Hispania Ulterior (Broughton MRR I) Expand
  • Proconsul (Liv. 37.46.7; Plut. Aem. 4.1; Oros. 4.20.23) in Farther Spain where he suffered a reverse (Liv. 37.2.11, and 46.7-8; Oros.). See 189, Promagistrates. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Cos. 182, 168. Procos. 190, 189. The title Imp(erator) in the inscription of Lascuta, which is dated a. d. XII K. Febr. (CIL 1(2).2.644-ILS 15-ILLRP 514) places his victory in the consular year 190. E. Meyer (Erasmus 6, nos. 13-14, 480) points out that his imperium was not formally prorogued for 189. He was assigned the command in Farther Spain while praetor in 191 but with twelve lictors and imperium pro consule (Plut. Aem. 4.1). Jashemski correctly notes that throughout this period the governors of Spain were sent as praetors except in some emergencies, but held proconsular imperium (Origin and History of the Proconsular and Propraetorian Imperium to 27 B. C. 25, 41-50; cf. R. C. Knapp, Aspects of the Roman Experience in Iberia, 206-100 RC 94). On the subject of praetors with consular imperium both in and after their year as praetors, see the convincing comments of R. E. Smith, Service in the Post-Marian Army 11-16, esp. 13, note 2, and thereafter on individual provinces. A. H. McDonald offers as an explanation of the inconsistencies in Livy's record of the titles that one source treated them as praetors and another as proconsuls (JRS 43, 1953, 143- 144; and note his references to Kahrstedt and Klotz, ibid.).[9x] (Broughton MRR III)
• Legatus (Ambassador) 189 Asia (Broughton MRR I) Expand
  • Though Willems is compelled to admit that this embassy consists in any case of an unusual proportion of senior members of the Senate, he attempts to fit it to his regular pattern (Sénat 2.506) by claiming: 1. that Aemilius Paullus was not the famous member of the family (but see above, note 3); 2. that Lentulus was not the Pr. of 203 but another, the Cos. of 162 (who was too young and whose career, as Münzer has shown, RE no. 214, he has reported incorrectly, Sénat 1.347, no. 216); and 3. that Aelius Tubero was not the Pr. of 201 but someone otherwise unknown. Münzer suggests that Lentulus{365} is a mistake for Cethegus, Pr. 185 and Cos. 181, and since the two men are confused in Liv. 40.18.1 this remains a possibility. However it is unnecessary, for with the identification of Aemilius Paullus the commission is seen to consist of eight consulars or praetorians, and evidently may have consisted wholly of men of curule rank. Therefore in spite of the disarangement of the two final names it seems preferable to identify Lentulus with the Praetor of 203 and Tubero with the Praetor of 201. As we know the names of only three senatorial commissions of ten men during this period and possess the complete list of only this one, the basis for Willems' generalization regarding the pattern remains rather tenuous. (Broughton MRR I)
  • An embassy of ten members sent to assist Manlius Vulso in implementing the treaty with Antiochus and in completing the settlement of Asia Minor (Liv. 37.55.7; 38.38.1, and 40.1, and 44.9-47, and 54.6; cf. Polyb. 21.24.9, and 16.17; see 188, Legates). (Broughton MRR I)
• Proconsul 189 Hispania Ulterior (Broughton MRR I) Expand
  • Willems (Sénat 2.506, note 2) asserts that the embassy was chosen before Paullus returned from Spain, but Polybius states clearly (21.18.1) that the envoys from the East began to be heard before the Senate during the summer of 189, and that the ten were preparing to depart very shortly before the return of Scipio in the autumn (21.24.16-17; Scipio triumphed about November 189, Julian). Accordingly Paullus had time to win a victory in Spain, return to Rome, and become one of the commission. In Livy 38.44.11 it is clear that Paullus was a member. On the chronology, see De Sanctis, 4.1.368ff. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Proconsul in Farther Spain (see 190), where he retrieved his defeat by a victory. The tradition that he celebrated a triumph is at best doubtful (Liv. 37.57.5-6, and 58.5; cf. CIL 1 .2.614- ILS 15; on the triumph, Vell. 1.9.3; cf. Elogia, CIL 1(2).1, pp. 194 and 198- Inscr. Ital. 13.3.71b and 81; Grueber CRRBM 1.418; Cesano, Stud. Num. 1 [1942] 189f.; and see Degrassi 553). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Cos. 182, 168. Procos. 190, 189. The title Imp(erator) in the inscription of Lascuta, which is dated a. d. XII K. Febr. (CIL 1(2).2.644-ILS 15-ILLRP 514) places his victory in the consular year 190. E. Meyer (Erasmus 6, nos. 13-14, 480) points out that his imperium was not formally prorogued for 189. He was assigned the command in Farther Spain while praetor in 191 but with twelve lictors and imperium pro consule (Plut. Aem. 4.1). Jashemski correctly notes that throughout this period the governors of Spain were sent as praetors except in some emergencies, but held proconsular imperium (Origin and History of the Proconsular and Propraetorian Imperium to 27 B. C. 25, 41-50; cf. R. C. Knapp, Aspects of the Roman Experience in Iberia, 206-100 RC 94). On the subject of praetors with consular imperium both in and after their year as praetors, see the convincing comments of R. E. Smith, Service in the Post-Marian Army 11-16, esp. 13, note 2, and thereafter on individual provinces. A. H. McDonald offers as an explanation of the inconsistencies in Livy's record of the titles that one source treated them as praetors and another as proconsuls (JRS 43, 1953, 143- 144; and note his references to Kahrstedt and Klotz, ibid.).[9x] (Broughton MRR III)
• Triumphator? 189 (Itgenshorst 2005) Expand
  • Triumph? ex Hispania. MRR I.362, Itgenshorst no.177a (triumphus incertus). Not listed in Rich. (Itgenshorst 2005)
• Legatus (Ambassador) 188 Asia (Broughton MRR I) Expand
  • The ten Legates assisted Manlius in concluding the treaty with Antiochus and the settlement of Asia Minor, and returned with him (Polyb. 21.4-45; 22.5; Liv. 38.38-40, and 45-46). (Broughton MRR I)
• Repulsa (Cos.) 186 (Pina Polo 2012) Expand
  • pp. 65-72 (Pina Polo 2012)
• Repulsa (Cos.) c. 185 (Pina Polo 2012) Expand
  • pp. 65-72 (Pina Polo 2012)
• Repulsa (Cos.) 184 (Pina Polo 2012) Expand
  • pp. 65-72 (Pina Polo 2012)
• Consul 182 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
  • Liv. 39.56.4; 40.44.11; Fast. Cap., Degrassi 48f., 122, 456f.; Chr. 354; Fast. Hyd.; Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; and on Aemilius, Elogia, CIL 1 .1, pp. 194, 198- Inscr. Ital. 13.3.71b and 81; Val. Max. 7.5.3; Vell. 1.9.3; Auct. Vir. Ill. 56.1. Both Consuls were assigned commands in Liguria and won successes (Liv. 40.1.1 and 5, 16.4, and 17.6-7, and on Aemilius, Plut. Aem. 6.1-3). Baebius returned to Rome to hold the elections (Liv. 40.17.8). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Macrobius dates this law in the third year after Cato's censorship (184) and in the twenty-second before the Lex Fannia (161). (Broughton MRR I)
• Triumphator 181 (Rich 2014) Expand
  • Triumph de Liguribus Ingauneis. MRR I.384, Itgenshorst no. 186, Rich no. 185. (Rich 2014)
• Proconsul 181 Liguria (Broughton MRR I) Expand
  • Proconsul in Liguria (Liv. 40.25.1, and 34.7). After being besieged, he won a signal victory, received the submission of the Ingauni (40.25.2-10, and 27.1-28.9; Plut. Aem. 6.2-3; Frontin. Str. 3.17.2), and celebrated a triumph (Liv. 40.34.7-8; Elogia, CIL 1 .1, pp. 194, 198- Inscr. Ital. 12.3.81, 71b; Vell. 1.9.3; Auct. Vir. Ill. 56.1; Degrassi 554).{385} (Broughton MRR I)
• Special Commissioners 171 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
  • A commission, apparently of former officials in Spain, chosen as patrons by peoples of Spain who complained of the peculations of the following governors: 1. M. Titinius (Curvus) (see 178, 177, 176), who was acquitted; 2. P. Furius Philus (see 174, 173, 172); and 3. C. (not M.) Matienus (see 173), who both went into exile (Liv. 43.2.1-11). On Cato, see D.- G. 5.130, no. 15. (Broughton MRR I)
• Repulsa (Cos.) c. 171 (Pina Polo 2012) Expand
  • pp. 65-72 (Pina Polo 2012)
• Consul 168 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
  • Liv. 44.17.4, and 19.1; Fast. Cap., Degrassi 50f., 123, 460f.; Chr. 354; Fast. Hyd.; Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; and on Aemilius, Cic. Div. 1.103; 2.83; Elog., CIL 1 .1, p. 194- Inscr. Ital. 13.3.71 and 81; CIL 1(2).2.763b; Val. Max. 1.5.3; 7.5.3; Plut. Aem. 10.1-3. Aemilius received charge of the war with Perseus of Macedon, whom he crushed at Pydna and later captured (Polyb. 29.14-18, and 20.1-4; Cic. Att. 4.13.2; Liv. 44.21.1-3, 22.16, and 33-46; 45.4.2-7, and 7-8; Plut. Aem. 12-27; cf. Cic. ND 2.6; Verr. 2.1.55; Tusc. 5.118; Diod. 30.22-23; Vell. 1.9; Val. Max. 1.8.1; 5.1.8; 8.11.1; Frontin. Str. 2.3.20; Iustin. 33.1-2; Flor. 1.28.7-12; Dio fr. 67; Eutrop. 4.6-7; Oros. 4.20.39; Zon. 9.23). He then spent some time in touring Greece (Polyb. 30.10.1-6; Liv. 45.27-28; Plut. Aem. 28.1-2; cf. CIL 1(2).2.622-ILS 8884). Licinius' province was Italy, with charge of levies and supplies for the Macedonian war (Liv. 44.17.10, 19.5, 21.11, and 22.5). After Pydna he dismissed his levies (Liv. 45.1-2), and later went to Gaul (45.12.9-12). (Broughton MRR I)
• Proconsul 167 Macedonia (Broughton MRR I) Expand
  • Proconsul and imperator in Macedonia (Liv. 45.16.2; Act. Tr. Cap. and Urbisalv., Degrassi 80f., 338f., 556; cf. CIL 1 .2.622). He carried through the reorganization of Macedonia and of Greece with the assistance of the ten senatorial Legates, on his way to the Adriatic sacked seventy towns of Illyria and Epirus, and on his return to Rome celebrated a magnificent triumph over King Perseus and the Macedonians (Liv. 45.28-40; Elog., CIL 1(2).1, p. 198- Inscr. Ital. 13.3.71b and 81; Act. Tr. Cap. and Urbisalv.; Plut. Aem. 28-34; cf. Cic. Mur. 31; Cat. 4.21; Pis. 61; Fin. 5.70; Off. 2.76; Diod. 31.8.3-12; Strabo{434} 7.7.3, from Polybius; Vell. 1.9.3-6; Val. Max. 2.7.14, and 10.3; 4.3.8; 5.1.1c, and 10.2; Plin. NH 4.39; 33.56; Plut. Fort. Rom. 4, 318b; App. Illyr. 9; Mac. 19; Flor. 1.28; Eutrop. 4.7-8; Auct. Vir. Illyr. 56; Zon. 9.24; also Grueber, CRRBM 1.418; Cesano, Stud. Num. 1.189f.). On his gifts to temples, see Plut. Sull. 12.6. (Broughton MRR I)
• Triumphator 167 (Rich 2014) Expand
  • Triumph ex Macedonia et rege Perse. MRR I.433-4, Itgenshorst no. 200, Rich no. 199. (Rich 2014)
• Censor 164 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
  • Fast. Cap., Degrassi 50f., 123, 460f.; Fast. Ant., ib. 160f.; Val. Max. 7.5.3; Plin. NH 7.214; 26.5; Fest. 360 L; and on Paullus, CIL 1 .2, 763b; Elog., CIL 1(2), nos. 15 and 24- Inscr. Ital. 13.3.81 and 71b; Diod. 31.25; cf. Fest. 360 L. They expelled only three persons from the Senate, reviewed the knights with moderation, and reappointed M. Aemilius Lepidus Princeps Senatus (Plut. Aem. 38.5-6; cf. Liv. Per. 46). Marcius erected a statue of Concordia (Cic. Dom. 130), and had a sundial set more exactly (Plin. NH 7.214). (Broughton MRR I)
• Interrex 162 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
  • Elog., CIL 1 .1, p. 194- Inscr. Ital. 13.3.81. This is the only year in this period when a recorded vacancy in both consulships makes the appointment of an Interrex a certainty, but 175 remains a possibility (see Liv. 41.18.16). (Broughton MRR I)

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