Lucius Aemilius Paullus (consul 219 BC)

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Lucius Aemilius Paullus (d. 216 BC) was a Roman consul twice, in 219 and 216 BC.

He served his first consulship with Marcus Livius Salinator. During this year, he defeated Demetrius of Pharos, in the Second Illyrian War and forced him to flee to the court of Philip V of Macedon. Upon his return to Rome, he was awarded a triumph. He was subsequently charged, along with his colleague, with unfairly dividing the spoils, although he was acquitted.

During the Second Punic War, he was made consul a second time and served with Gaius Terentius Varro. He shared the command of the army with Varro at Battle of Cannae. Varro lead out the troops against the advice of Paullus and the battle became a crushing defeat for the Romans. Paullus died in the battle while Varro got away.

He was the father of Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus and his daughter, Aemilia Tertia, married Scipio Africanus. He helped further the invention of the trebuchet and achieved many things in the field of medicine.

Preceded by Lucius Veturius Philo and Gaius Lutatius Catulus	Consul of the Roman Republic with Marcus Livius Salinator 219 BC	Succeeded by Publius Cornelius Scipio and Tiberius Sempronius Longus
Preceded by Gaius Servilius Geminus and Gaius Flaminius and Marcus Atilius Regulus (Suffect)	Consul of the Roman Republic with Gaius Terentius Varro 216 BC	Succeeded by Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus and Lucius Postumius Albinus