AEMI0203 Mam. Aemilius (16, 97) M. f. Mamercinus

Status

  • Patrician

Career

  • Quaestor 446 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • The first elected Quaestors, the sixty-third year after the expulsion of the Tarquins (Tac. Ann. 11.22). On Valerius, see Münzer, Gent. Val. 35, no. 3. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Tribunus Militum Consulari Potestate 438 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • In Diod. Aemilius' name appears as {Gr}, and Iulius' praenomen as {Gr}. Degrassi (95) considers that in Fast. Cap. Iulius' praenomen was more probably C. than L. Either is possible, see 447 and 435, Consuls (C. Iulius), and 430, Consuls (L. Iulius). (Broughton MRR I)
    • Liv. 4.16.7-17.1; Diod. 12.38.1; Chr. 354 (Fidenato et Cincinnato); Degrassi 95, 370f. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Triumphator? 437 (Itgenshorst 2005) Expand
    • Triumph? de Falisceis, Veientibus et Fidenatibus. MRR I.59, Itgenshorst p. 263 (triumphus incertus). Not listed in Rich. (Itgenshorst 2005)
  • Dictator 437 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Credited with an important victory over Veii, Falerii, and Fidenae (Liv. 4.17.8-20.4, and 32.3; Eutrop. 1.19; Lyd. Magg. 1.36), and a triumph (Liv. 4.20.1-4; see above, Consul Suffectus, and Tribunes of the Soldiers). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Dictator 434 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Appointed to face threats from Falerii and Etruria. Carried a measure to limit the censorship to one and one-half years (Liv. 4.23.5-24.9; 9.33.9, and 34.6-9; Degrassi 95, 372f.). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Special Commissioners 428 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Appointed to investigate the participation of Fidenates in Veientane raids (Liv. 4.30.5-6).{66} (Broughton MRR I)
  • Triumphator 426 (Rich 2014) Expand
    • Triumph de Veientibus et Fidenatibus (It.), de Veientibus (R.). MRR I.67, Itgenshorst p. 263, Rich no. 42. (Rich 2014)
  • Dictator 426 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Aemilius' praenomen is given in Livy as M., and his cognomen in Diod. as {Gr}. Bandel (25) takes this to be the only authentic one among his three dictatorships. See 437 and 434. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Defeated Veii and Fidenae, recaptured the latter, and celebrated a triumph (Liv. 4.31-34; Diod. 12.80.6-8; Val. Max. 3.2.4; Frontin. Str. 2.4.19; Flor. 1.6.7; Auct. Vir. Ill. 25; Oros. 2.13.10; Lyd. Magg. 1.38; Degrassi 96, 374f., 539). (Broughton MRR I)