Lucius Aemilius Paullus
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Lucius Aemilius Paullus was the name of several ancient Romans of the patrician gens
Aemilia
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Notable men with this name include:
Gens
In ancient Rome, a gens , plural gentes, referred to a family, consisting of all those individuals who shared the same nomen and claimed descent from a common ancestor. A branch of a gens was called a stirps . The gens was an important social structure at Rome and throughout Italy during the...
Aemilia
Aemilius
The gens Aemilia, originally written Aimilia, was one of the most ancient patrician houses at Rome. The family was said to have originated in the reign of Numa Pompilius, the second King of Rome, and its members held the highest offices of the state, from the early decades of the Republic to...
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Notable men with this name include:
- Lucius Aemilius Paullus (consul 219 BC)
- Lucius Aemilius Paulus MacedonicusLucius Aemilius Paulus MacedonicusLucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus was a two-time consul of the Roman Republic and a noted general who conquered Macedon putting an end to the Antigonid dynasty.-Family:...
, his son - Lucius Aemilius Lepidus Paullus, consul in 50 BC
- Lucius Aemilius Paullus (consul 1), married AugustusAugustusAugustus ;23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14) is considered the first emperor of the Roman Empire, which he ruled alone from 27 BC until his death in 14 AD.The dates of his rule are contemporary dates; Augustus lived under two calendars, the Roman Republican until 45 BC, and the Julian...
' granddaughter Vipsania Julia and was executed for treason.