Quintus Aemilius Barbula
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Quintus Aemilius Barbula (fl.
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 317-311 BC), or Q. Aemilius Q. f. L. n. Barbula, was consul in 317 B.C., in which year a treaty was made with the Apulian Teates, Nerulum taken by Barbula, and Apulia entirely subdued. (Liv. ix. 20, 21 ; Diod. xix. 17.) Barbula was consul again in 311, and had the conduct of the war against the Etruscans, with whom he fought an indecisive battle according to Livy. (ix. 30—32 j Diod. xx. 3.) The Fasti, however, assign him a triumph over the Etruscans, but this Niebuhr (Rom. Hist. iii. p. 278) thinks to have been an invention of the family, more especially as the next campaign against the Etruscans was not opened as if the Romans had been previously conquerors.

Quintus was the first consul in the Barbula branch of the ancient patrician gens Aemilia, said to have come to Rome in the reign of Numa
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. His son Lucius and grandson Marcus also became consuls.

Genealogy

Lucius Aemilius [Barbula?], father of

1. Quintus Aemilius L.f. [Barbula?], father of

1.1. Quintus Aemilius Q.f. L.n. Barbula, consul 317 BC, 311 BC, father of

1.1.1. Lucius Aemilius Q.f. Q.n. [L.pr.] Barbula
Lucius Aemilius Barbula
Lucius Aemilius Barbula , or Lucius Aemilius Q.f. Q.n. Barbula, was a Roman politician and general from the patrician gens Aemilia. He was elected consul for 281 BCE and was given a command against the Samnites. He invaded the territory of Tarentum, which summoned Pyrrhus of Epirus for help...

, consul 281 BC, triumphed
Quinctilius 280 BC; son of the first consul in this stirps. He was apparently father of

1.1.1.1. Marcus Aemilius L.f. Q.n. [Q.pr.] Barbula, consul 230 BC
apparently son of the above consul, became consul 50 years after his father's
triumph
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