Aemilia (gens)

Aemilius ( feminine form Aemilia ) was the noun of the gens Aemilia to German Aemilius, one of the most important patrician families ( gentes maiores ) in the Roman Empire.

The Aemilii were a very old family, the herleitete their descent from Mamercus, a son of Pythagoras, who was also called Aemylos or Aimilios due to his oratory. Another version, given by Plutarch says, Mamercus was a son of King Numa Pompilius was, in turn, was an admirer of Pythagoras and had named his son after his son therefore. Presumably, however, the similarity between Aemilius and the Greek word Aimilios is merely coincidental.

The branches of the family were Barbula, Buca, Lepidus, Mamercus, Papus, Paullus, Regilus and Scaurus. Of these branches were the Aemilii Lepidi the most prestigious Romans, particularly towards the end of the Roman Republic.

The family gave her name to the Via Aemilia and the Basilica Aemilia in Rome.

Some important Aemilii

  • Blossius Aemilius Dracontius, poets and rhetoricians
  • Lucius Aemilius Iuncus ( Suffektkonsul 127) († after 135 ), Roman senator
  • Lucius Aemilius Iuncus ( Suffektkonsul 179), Roman senator
  • Lucius Aemilius Mamercinus ( Konsulartribun ), Roman politician, Konsulartribun 391, 389, 387, 383, 382 and 380 BC
  • Lucius Aemilius Mamercinus (consul ), Roman politician, consul 366 and 363 BC
  • Lucius Aemilius Mamercinus Privernas, Roman politician, consul 341 and 329 BC
  • Lucius Aemilius Mamercus ( military tribune ), Roman military tribune
  • Lucius Aemilius Mamercus (consul ), Roman consul
  • Lucius Aemilius Papus (consul 225 BC ), Roman consul in 225 BC and censor 220 BC
  • Lucius Aemilius Paullus ( Battle of Cannae ), Roman consul 219 BC and 216 BC
  • Lucius Aemilius Lepidus Paullus, Roman senator, the Basilica Aemilia rebuilt
  • Lucius Aemilius Paullus (consul 1 ), Roman politician and Senator
  • Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus (~ 229 BC -160 BC), Roman general and politician
  • Lucius Aemilius Regillus, Praetor
  • Mamercus Aemilius, Roman politician, Konsulartribun 438 BC
  • Aemilius Scaurus Mamercus († 34), Roman senator, poets and orators, Suffektkonsul 21
  • Manius Aemilius Lepidus (consul 66 BC)
  • Manius Aemilius Lepidus (consul 11), Roman senator, consul in 11
  • Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (consul 285 BC ), Roman politician
  • Marcus Aemilius Lepidus ( praetor 218 BC ), Roman politician
  • Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (consul 187 BC and 175 BC) († 152 BC ), Roman politician, Pontifex Maximus 180-152 BC
  • Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (consul 158 BC ), Roman politician
  • Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (consul 78 BC) (called the Nice; 120 BC -77 BC ), Roman politician
  • Marcus Aemilius Lepidus the Younger ( † 31 BC ), Roman politician, executed by Octavian
  • Marcus Aemilius Lepidus ( triumvir ) ( ~ 90 BC - 12 BC ), Roman politician of the 2nd Triumvirate
  • Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (consul 6) († ~ 36 ), Roman politician and Senator
  • Marcus Aemilius Lepidus ( husband of Drusilla ) ( † 39 ), Roman politician, executed by Caligula
  • Marcus Aemilius Papus ( dictator ), Roman politician, dictator 321 BC
  • Marcus Aemilius Paullus (consul 302 BC ), Roman politician
  • Marcus Aemilius Paullus (consul 255 BC ), Roman politician
  • Marcus Aemilius Scaurus the Elder ( ~ 163 BC -88 BC ), Roman politician
  • Marcus Aemilius Scaurus the Younger, Roman politician
  • Marcus Aemilius Scaurus III. , Roman politician
  • Manius Aemilius Mamercinus, Roman politician, consul 410 BC
  • Paullus Aemilius Lepidus († 13 BC ), Roman Suffektkonsul 34 BC and censor 22 BC
  • Quintus Aemilius Lepidus, a Roman senator, consul 21 BC
  • Quintus Aemilius Papus, Roman consul and censor
  • Tiberius Aemilius Mamercinus, Roman politician, consul in 339 BC
  • Tiberius Aemilius Mamercus, Roman politician, consul 470 and 467 BC
  • Aemilius Asper, commentator
  • Aemilius Macer, poet
  • Aemilius Lepidus Paullus, consul
  • Aemilius Papinianus, lawyer, see Papinian
  • Aemilianus (Kaiser ), Kaiser 253

Consuls of the gens Aemilia

During the early and middle Republic clad numerous Aemilii the consulate:

  • Lucius Aemilius Mamercinus ( Mamercus ), consul 484 BC, 478 BC, 473 BC
  • Tiberius Aemilius Mamercinus ( Mamercus ), consul 470 BC, 467 BC
  • Manius Aemilius Mamercinus, consul 410 BC
  • Marcus Aemilius and Gaius Aemilius, Konsulartribune 391 BC
  • Lucius Aemilius, Konsulartribun 388 BC and later
  • Lucius (or Marcus ) Aemilius Mamercinus ( Mamercus ), consul 366 BC, 363 BC
  • Lucius Aemilius Mamercinus Privernas, consul 341 BC, 329 BC
  • Tiberius Aemilius Mamercinus, consul in 339 BC
  • Quintus Aemilius ( Aulius ) Cerretanus, 323 BC
  • Quintus Aemilius Barbula, Roman consul 317 and 311 BC
  • Lucius Aemilius Barbula, Roman consul 281 BC
  • Marcus Aemilius Barbula, Roman consul 230 BC
  • Aemilius Lepidus Mamercus Livianus, Roman politician; Consul 77 BC
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