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Aemilius

Aemilius (fem. Aemilia) was the nomen of the gens Aemilia, one of the five most important patrician
Patrician

The term "patrician" originally referred to a group of elitism citizens in ancient Rome, including both their natural and adopted members. In the late Roman empire, the class was broadened to include high council officials, and after the fall of the Western Empire became a term for Byzantine Imperial governors in the West....
families (gentes maiores) of ancient Rome
Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC....
.

The Aemilii were a very old clan; they were supposed to have descended from Mamercus
Mamercus

Mamercus is a name from the classical Latin world and may refer to:*Mamercus Aemilius Lepidus Livianus*Mamercus Aemilius Scaurus*Mamertus*Mamercus, legendary ancestor of the Roman gens Aemilius...
, a son of Pythagoras
Pythagoras

Pythagoras of Samos was an Ionians Ancient Greeks mathematician and founder of the religious movement called Pythagoreanism. He is often revered as a great mathematician, mysticism and scientist; however some have questioned the scope of his contributions to mathematics and natural philosophy....
who was surnamed "Aemylos" or "Aimilios" because of his refinement and speaking ability. Another version quoted by Plutarch
Plutarch

Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus , c. AD 46 ? 120 ? commonly known in English as Plutarch ? was a Ancient Rome historian , biographer, essayist, and Middle Platonism....
said that Mamercus was the fourth son of Numa Pompilius
Numa Pompilius

Numa Pompilius , according to legend, was the second king of Rome, succeeding Romulus. After Romulus died, Romans in the city elected a Sabine man to be king, so as to make him loyal to both tribes in Rome....
, the second King of Rome
King of Rome

The King of Rome was the chief magistrate of the Roman Kingdom. The kings, excluding Romulus who held office by his virtue as the city's founder, were all elected by the people of Rome to serve for life, with none of the kings relying on military force to gain the throne....
, Numa being an admirer of Pythagoras and so naming a son after Pythagoras' son. The branches of the Aemilii were Barbula, Buca
Buca

Buca is a district of Izmir Province of Turkey. It is one of the metropolitan districts of Greater Izmir.Buca was one of the preferred settlement areas of Izmir's community of Levantines....
, Lepidus, Mamercus
Mamercus

Mamercus is a name from the classical Latin world and may refer to:*Mamercus Aemilius Lepidus Livianus*Mamercus Aemilius Scaurus*Mamertus*Mamercus, legendary ancestor of the Roman gens Aemilius...
, Papus, Paullus
Paullus

Paullus is a cognomen of ancient Rome, also appearing as an apparent praenomen of several Romans.* Marcus Aemilius L.f. Paullus, consul 302 BC...
, Regilus and Scaurus.

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Aemilius (fem. Aemilia) was the nomen of the gens Aemilia, one of the five most important patrician
Patrician

The term "patrician" originally referred to a group of elitism citizens in ancient Rome, including both their natural and adopted members. In the late Roman empire, the class was broadened to include high council officials, and after the fall of the Western Empire became a term for Byzantine Imperial governors in the West....
families (gentes maiores) of ancient Rome
Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC....
.

The Aemilii were a very old clan; they were supposed to have descended from Mamercus
Mamercus

Mamercus is a name from the classical Latin world and may refer to:*Mamercus Aemilius Lepidus Livianus*Mamercus Aemilius Scaurus*Mamertus*Mamercus, legendary ancestor of the Roman gens Aemilius...
, a son of Pythagoras
Pythagoras

Pythagoras of Samos was an Ionians Ancient Greeks mathematician and founder of the religious movement called Pythagoreanism. He is often revered as a great mathematician, mysticism and scientist; however some have questioned the scope of his contributions to mathematics and natural philosophy....
who was surnamed "Aemylos" or "Aimilios" because of his refinement and speaking ability. Another version quoted by Plutarch
Plutarch

Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus , c. AD 46 ? 120 ? commonly known in English as Plutarch ? was a Ancient Rome historian , biographer, essayist, and Middle Platonism....
said that Mamercus was the fourth son of Numa Pompilius
Numa Pompilius

Numa Pompilius , according to legend, was the second king of Rome, succeeding Romulus. After Romulus died, Romans in the city elected a Sabine man to be king, so as to make him loyal to both tribes in Rome....
, the second King of Rome
King of Rome

The King of Rome was the chief magistrate of the Roman Kingdom. The kings, excluding Romulus who held office by his virtue as the city's founder, were all elected by the people of Rome to serve for life, with none of the kings relying on military force to gain the throne....
, Numa being an admirer of Pythagoras and so naming a son after Pythagoras' son. The branches of the Aemilii were Barbula, Buca
Buca

Buca is a district of Izmir Province of Turkey. It is one of the metropolitan districts of Greater Izmir.Buca was one of the preferred settlement areas of Izmir's community of Levantines....
, Lepidus, Mamercus
Mamercus

Mamercus is a name from the classical Latin world and may refer to:*Mamercus Aemilius Lepidus Livianus*Mamercus Aemilius Scaurus*Mamertus*Mamercus, legendary ancestor of the Roman gens Aemilius...
, Papus, Paullus
Paullus

Paullus is a cognomen of ancient Rome, also appearing as an apparent praenomen of several Romans.* Marcus Aemilius L.f. Paullus, consul 302 BC...
, Regilus and Scaurus. Of these, the Aemilii Lepidi had become the most notable, especially at the end of the Republic
Roman Republic

The Roman Republic was the phase of the Ancient Rome characterized by a republican form of government; a period which began with the overthrow of the Roman Roman Kingdom, c....
.

The family lent its name to both the road Via Aemilia
Via Aemilia

Via Aemilia was a trunk Roman road in the north Italian plain, running from Ariminum , on the Adriatic coast, to Placentia on the river Padus ....
and the much later Via Aemilia Scauri
Via Aemilia Scauri

The Via Aemilia Scauri was an ancient Roman road built by the Censor Marcus Aemilius Scaurus around 107 BCE....
, and the Basilica Aemilia
Basilica Aemilia

The Basilica Aemilia was a civil basilica in the Roman forum, in Rome, Italy. Today only the plan and some rebuilt elements can be seen. The Basilica was 100 meters long and about 30 meters wide....
in Rome
Rome

Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
.
Notable Aemilii from the Republic

Aemilii Barbulae

Quintus Aemilius Q.f. Barbula, consul 317 BC
Lucius Aemilius Q.f. Barbula
Lucius Aemilius Barbula

Lucius Aemilius Barbula, son of Quintus and nephew of Quintus, was a Roman politician and general. He was elected consul for 281 BCE and was given a command against the Samnites....
, consul 281 BC, conqueror of Taranto
Taranto

Taranto is a coastal city in Puglia, Southern Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Taranto and is an important commercial port as well as the main Italian naval base....

Aemilii Mamercini

Lucius Aemilius Mam.f. Mamercinus (Mamercus), consul 484, 478, 473 BC
Tiberius Aemilius L.f. Mamercinus (Mamercus), consul 467 BC
Manius Aemilius Mam.f. Mamercinus, consul 410 BC
Lucius/Marcus Aemilius L.f. Mamercinus (Mamercus), consul 366, 363 BC
Lucius Aemilius Mamercinus Privernas, consul 341, 329 BC
Tiberius Aemilius Mamercinus, consul 339 BC

Aemilii Paulli

Lucius Aemilius Paullus
Lucius Aemilius Paullus

There have been several people named 'Lucius Aemilius Paulus':* Lucius Aemilius Paullus * Lucius Aemilius Paulus Macedonicus, his son* Lucius Aemilius Lepidus Paullus, consul in 50 BC...
, consul 219, 216 (father of Macedonicus)
Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus, (229 BC-160 BC), consul 182, 168.

Aemilii Lepidi

Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (187 BC)

Marcus Aemilius Lepidus was a Roman consul, Pontifex Maximus and Censor .As a praetor he was governor of Sicily in 191 BC. He was elected consul in 187 BC....
, consul 187
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (120-77 BC)
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (120-77 BC)

Marcus Aemilius Lepidus , was a Roman Republic statesman. He was the father of the second triumvirate Marcus Aemilius Lepidus and of the consul of 50 BC Lucius Aemilius Lepidus Paullus....
Manius Aemilius Lepidus (consul 66 BCE)
Manius Aemilius Lepidus (consul 66 BCE)

Manius Aemilius Lepidus was a statesman of the Roman republic....
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (triumvir)
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (triumvir)

Marcus Aemilius Lepidus ,born ca 90 BC died 13 BC, was a patrician Ancient Rome politician of the 1st century BC who rose to become a member of the Second Triumvirate and Pontifex Maximus....
(49 BC)
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus the Younger
Lepidus the Younger

Marcus Aemilius Lepidus the Younger or Marcus Aemilius Lepidus Minor , was the only child of triumvir Marcus Aemilius Lepidus . Lepidus' mother was Junia Secunda, a sister to politician Marcus Junius Brutus....
, son of the previous
Manius Aemilius Lepidus (consul 11 CE), son of the previous
Aemilius Lepidus Paullus
Aemilius Lepidus Paullus

Lucius Aemilius Lepidus Paullus was a member of the Roman Senate. Paullus was a member of the Aemilius. He was grandson to Marcus Aemilius Lepidus and Appuleia through their son Lucius Aemilius Lepidus Paullus....
, consul in 34 BC
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (consul AD 6)

Marcus Aemilius Lepidus was a Roman senator, politician and general, praised by the historian Tacitus....
, consul 6

Aemilii Papi

Quintus Aemilius Papus
Quintus Aemilius Papus

Quintus Aemilius Papus, a member of the gens Aemilius of the branch cognomated Papus, was a Roman general and statesman.Quintus Aemilius Papus was elected consul for 282 BC and 278 BC, both times with Gaius Fabricius Luscinus as his colleague....
, consul 282 BC and 278 BC
Lucius Aemilius Papus
Lucius Aemilius Papus

Lucius Aemilius Papus , a member of the gens Aemilius of the branch cognominated Papus , was a Roman general and statesman who led the Romans to victory over the Gauls in the Battle of Telamon in 225 BC....
, consul 225 BC

Aemilii Scauri

Marcus Aemilius Scaurus
Marcus Aemilius Scaurus

Marcus Aemilius Scaurus was a Ancient Rome politician. He was considered one of the most talented and influential politicians of his day.Scaurus was born in a patrician family, although impoverished....
several, including a princeps senatus
Princeps senatus

The princeps senatus was the first member by precedence of the Roman Senate. Although officially out of the cursus honorum and owning no imperium, this office brought enormous prestige to the senator holding it....
and his son (2nd/1st century BC)

Other Republican Aemilii

Marcus Aemilius , consular tribune 390 BC
Gaius Aemilius, consular tribune 390 BC
Lucius Aemilius, consular tribune 388 BC and later
Quintus Aemilius (Aulius) Q.f. Cerretanus, 323 BC
Lucius Aemilius Regillus
Lucius Aemilius Regillus

Lucius Aemilius Regillus was a Roman admiral and praetor during the war with Antiochus III of Syria.Born to Marcus Aemilius Regillus, much of Lucius Regillus's early life and military career is unknown before being appointed commander of Roman naval forces in the Aegean Sea in 190 BC....
, praetor (190 BC)

Notable Aemilii from the Empire

Marcus Aemilius Aemilianus, Emperor Aemilianus (253)
Blossius Aemilius Dracontius
Blossius Aemilius Dracontius

Blossius Aemilius Dracontius of Carthage , Christian poetry, flourished in the latter part of the 5th century. He belonged to a family of land proprietors, and practiced as an advocate in his native place....
(5th century)
Aemilius Papinianus
Aemilius Papinianus

Aemilius Papinianus , also known as Papinian, was a celebrated Ancient Rome jurist, magister libellorum and, after the death of Gaius Fulvius Plautianus in 205, praetorian prefect....
, jurist (141-212)
Aemilius Asper
Aemilius Asper

Aemilius Asper, Latin grammarian, possibly lived in the 1st century or late 2nd century. He wrote commentaries on Terence, Sallust and Virgil dealing with content and form, and including parallels with other authors....
, commentator (2nd century)
Aemilius Macer
Aemilius Macer

Aemilius Macer of Verona was a Ancient Rome didactic poet. He authored two poems, one on birds and the other on the antidotes against the poison of serpents , which he imitated from the Greek poet Nicander of Colophon....
, poet (d. 16 BC)
Aemilius Magnus Arborius
Aemilius Magnus Arborius

Aemilius Magnus Arborius was the gallo-roman author of a poem in ninety-two lines in elegaic verse, titled Ad Nympham nimis cultam, which contains a great many expressions taken from the older poets, and bears all the traces of the artificial labour which characterizes the later Latin poetry....
, elegaic poet
Aemilius Pacensis, a tribune of the city cohorts at the death of Nero
Nero

Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus , born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, also called Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus, was the fifth and final Roman emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty....