Lucius Aemilius Papus
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Lucius Aemilius Papus, a member of the gens Aemilia of the branch cognomated Papus, was a Roman general and statesman.
Born the grandson of Quintus Aemilius Papus, he was elected consul for 225 BC. During his consulship he was sent to fight the invading Gauls and his colleague Gaius Atilius Regulus was sent to the rebellious province of Sardinia. Aemilius Papus stationed his army in the neighborhood of Ariminum, therefore blocking the road leading into Italy by Umbria. A second Roman army under a praetor was posted in Etruria. The invading Gauls managed to evade both armies, started looting Etruria and defeated the praetorian army, which was only spared destruction by the arrival of Papus' army. As a consequence of this defeat, the Senate decided to reunite both consular armies and recalled Regulus from Sardinia. The retreating Gauls were then put between a pincer formed by both consular armies. Thus placed between two armies, the Gauls were obliged to fight at Telamon where forty thousand Gauls died before the armies of Papus and Regulus, who fell during the battle. After the battle Aemilius Papus marched the army into Liguria and the territory of the Boii. For these feats he was awarded the honour of a triumph.
