Aemilius

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Aemilius (fem. Aemilia) was the nomen of the gens Aemilia, one of the five most important patrician families (gentes maiores) of ancient Rome.

The Aemilii were a very old clan; they were supposed to have descended from Mamercus, a son of Pythagoras who was surnamed "Aemylos" or "Aimilios" because of his refinement and speaking ability. Another version quoted by Plutarch said that Mamercus was the fourth son of Numa Pompilius, the second King of Rome, Numa being an admirer of Pythagoras and so naming a son after Pythagoras' son. The branches of the Aemilii were Barbula, Buca, Lepidus, Mamercus, Papus, Paullus, Regilus and Scaurus. Of these, the Aemilii Lepidi had become the most notable, especially at the end of the Republic.

The family lent its name to both the road Via Aemilia and the much later Via Aemilia Scauri, and the Basilica Aemilia in Rome.

Contents

[edit] Notable Aemilii from the Republic

[edit] Aemilii Barbulae

[edit] 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

[edit] Aemilii Paulli

[edit] Aemilii Lepidi

[edit] Aemilii Papi

[edit] Aemilii Scauri

[edit] 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, praetor (190 BC)

[edit] Notable Aemilii from the Empire

[edit] References

  • Friedrich Munzer, Roman Aristocratic Parties and Families (1920)
  • T.R.S. Broughton, Magistrates of the Roman Republic (1950-1, 1986)