Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus [SEP] position held
Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus
Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus (c. 229 BC – 160 BC) was a two-time consul of the Roman Republic and a noted general who conquered Macedon, putting an end to the Antigonid dynasty in the Third Macedonian War.
Family.
Paullus' father was Lucius Aemilius Paullus, the consul defeated and killed in the Battle of Cannae. He was, in his time, the head of his branch of the Aemilii Paulii, an old and aristocratic patrician family. Their influence was immense
Lucius Aemilius Paullus
Lucius Aemilius Paullus (or Paulus) was the name of several ancient Roman men of the patrician "gens Aemilia", including:
- Lucius Aemilius Paullus (consul 219 BC)
- Lucius Aemilius Paulus Macedonicus, his son
- Lucius Aemilius Lepidus Paullus, consul in 50 BC
- Lucius Aemilius Paullus (consul 1), married Augustus' granddaughter Vipsania Julia and was executed for treason.
See also.
- Aemilius Paullus