AEMI0625 M. Aemilius (116) L. f. L. n. Paullus

Status

  • Patrician

Career

  • Consul 302 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Aemilius' filiation is given in Fast. Cap. for 301, Master of Horse. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Liv. 10.1.7; Diod. 20.106.1; Fast. Cap. ([- -] C. n. Dent[er]); Chr. 354 (Dextro et Paulo); Fast. Hyd. (Dentone et Emilio); Chr. Pasc. ({Gr}); Cassiod.; Degrassi 38f., 111, 424f. According to one of Livy's sources, Aemilius defeated Cleonymus of Thurii and recovered the Sallentine land (10.2.1-2), but according to another the Dictator Iunius was sent against Cleonymus (10.2.3; see below). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Magister Equitum 302 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Listed in the order of Fast. Cap. ([- - -] M. f. N. n. Maxi[mus- -], and [- -Ai]milius L. f. L. [n.- -], respectively, preserved; Degrassi 38f., 111, 424f.). Livy (10.3.3-4 and 6-8) found both in his sources but preferred Aemilius, doubting that Fabius would have been subject to Valerius or have disobeyed again a Dictator's command (see 325). See 301, Master of Horse. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Magister Equitum 301 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Liv. 10.3-5; cf. 10.5.13; Fast. Cap.; Act. Tr.; see 302, Dictator, and Master of Horse; Degrassi 38f., 111, 424f., and on Valerius' triumph, 92f., 542. See 302, Dictator, and note 2, on Corvus. A "Dictator" year; see 324, 313, and 309. Livy marks no break in the series of Consuls and places Corvus' dictatorship in 302 (10.3.1), but Act. Tr. places the triumph in 301, while Fast. Cap. adds the note: [Hoc an]no dictat(or) [et mag. eq. sine cos. fuerunt]. Chr. 354 reads Corvo II et Rulliano II, and Fast. Hyd., His conss. item Corvinus dictator et Aemilius magister equitum mensibus VI. (Broughton MRR I)