Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

AEMI0826 L. Aemilius (118) M. f. M. n. Paullus

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Status

• Patrician
• Nobilis Expand

  Liv. 22.35.1-3, Sil. Ital. 3.584-587, [Acro.] Hor. Carm. 1.12

Life Dates

• Before 250?, birth (Rüpke 2005)
• 216, death - violent (Broughton MRR I) Expand

  KIA, B. of Cannae.

Relationships

son of

? M. Aemilius (117) M. f. L. n. Paullus (cos. 255) (Zmeskal 2009)

father of

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

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

? M. Livius (A) Aemilianus (son of? L. Aemilius (118) M. f. M. n. Paullus (cos. 219)) (Zmeskal 2009)

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

Pol. XXXI 26 (XXXII 12)

Career

• Pontifex? 220 to 217 (Rüpke 2005)
• Consul 219 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
  • The filiation of Aemilius is given by Fast. Cap. on 216; that of Livius by the same on 207. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Cass. Hem., fr. 26 Peter; Liv. 22.35.3; Chr. 354 (Paulo et Salinatore), so too Fast. Hyd. and Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; Zon. 8.20; cf. on Paullus, Polyb. 3.16.7. See Degrassi 118, 442f. Both Consuls were sent against Demetrius of Pharos in Illyria (Polyb. 3.16.7, and 18-19, without mention of Livius by name; Dio fr. 53; Zon. 8.20); and both celebrated triumphs (Aemilius: Polyb. 3.19.12; 4.66.8; Livius: Auct. Vir. Ill. 50; cf. Suet. Tib. 3.2). See Degrassi 550. (Broughton MRR I)
• Triumphator 219 (Rich 2014) Expand
  • Triumph de Illureis. MRR I.236, Itgenshorst no. 156, Rich no. 155. (Rich 2014)
• Legatus (Ambassador) 218 Africa (Broughton MRR I) Expand
  • These men, defined by Livy as maiores natu, were sent to Carthage with Rome's ultimatum (Liv. 21.18.1, cf. 21.19.6, and 20.9; Dio fr. 55.10; Zon. 8.22; cf. Polyb. 3.20.6 and 9, and 33.1-4, and 40.2; Frontin. Str. 1.11.4; Sil. Ital. 2.1-390; App. Ib. 13). (Broughton MRR I)
• Consul 216 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
  • Polyb. 3.106.1; Cic. Off. 3.114; Liv. 22.34-35; Fast. Cap., Degrassi 46f., 119, 444f., cf. Fast. Fer. Lat., Degrassi 149f.; Val. Max. 3.4.4.; Frontin. Str. 4.1.4; Plut. Fab. 14; Sil. It. 8.242ff.; App. Hann. 17; Dio 57.23; Zon. 9.1. Both engaged Hannibal at Cannae where Paullus fell while Varro escaped to Venusia (Polyb. 3.106-116; Liv. 22.38-50; cf. Cic. Off. 3.114; Sen. 75; Nep. Hann. 4.4; Hor. Carm. 1.12.38; Liv. 23.11.9; Val. Max. 3.4.4; Sil. It. 8-10; Plut. Aem. 2.2; Fab. 14-16; Flor. 1.22.15-18; App. Hann. 17-25; Dio fr. 57.23-25; Ampel. 46.5, cf. 28.4; Auct. Vir. Ill. 42.4; Eutrop. 3.10; Porphyr. ad Hor. Carm. 1.12.37; Schol. on Iuv. 2.155; 11.201; Lact. Inst. 2.16; Sid. Apoll. 7.556; Oros. 4.16.1-4; 5.5.7-8; Zon. 9.1; on Aemilius, Cic. Div. 2.71; ND 3.80; Tusc. 1.89; Sen. 61; Hor. Carm. 1.12.37f.; Vell. 1.9.3; Val. Max. 5.1, ext. 6; Frontin. Str. 4.5.5; Auct. Vir. Ill. 56.1; on Varro, Liv. 25.6.9; 26.3.2; Val. Max. 1.1.16; 3.4.4; 4.5.2). Varro collected the remnants of the army and led them to Canusium (Liv. 22.54.1-6, and 56.1-4; App. Hann. 26; Dio fr. 57.29; Zon. 9.2), was then summoned to Rome to receive the famous decree of thanks (Liv. 22.57.1, and 61.13-14; 25.6.7; Val. Max. 3.4.4, cf. 4.5.2; Frontin. Str. 4.5.6; Plut. Fab. 18; Sil. It. 10.606-639; Flor. 1.22.17; Schol. Iuv. 11.201; Oros. 5.5.9). Summoned a second time to Rome, he appointed a Dictator to make up the roll of the Senate (Liv. 23.22.10-11, and 23.9), and returned to Apulia. (Broughton MRR I)
• Pontifex 216 (Rüpke 2005) Expand
  • Liv. 23.21.7. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Q. Fabius Maximus succeeded L. Aemilius Paullus. (Broughton MRR I)

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