Lepidus the Younger
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus the Younger or Marcus Aemilius Lepidus Minor (Minor, Latin for the younger, died 30 BC), was the only child of triumvir Marcus Aemilius Lepidus. Lepidus' mother was Junia Secunda, a sister to politician Marcus Junius Brutus.
Lepidus served as a Roman Senator. Lepidus was executed by Octavian (future Roman Emperor Augustus), as a leader in a conspiracy against him. Lepidus in his younger years was betrothed in 44 BC to Antonia, the eldest daughter of triumvir Mark Antony. Antony and Lepidus’ father had arranged this. However for an unknown reason the betrothal was later broken off. Lepidus later married an unnamed Roman woman who was a descendant of triumvir Pompey and Dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla. His children were Manius Aemilius Lepidus and Aemilia Lepida.
Family tree
- (1)=1st spouse
- (2)=2nd spouse
- x=assassin of Caesar
| Salonia (2) | Cato the Elder | Licinia (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marcus Porcius Cato Salonianus | Marcus Porcius Cato Licinianus | Marcus Livius Drusus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marcus Porcius Cato (2) | Livia Drusa | Quintus Servilius Caepio the Younger (1) | Marcus Livius Drusus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Atilia (1) | Cato the Younger | Marcus Livius Drusus Claudianus, adopted son | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marcus Junius Brutus the Elder (1) | Servilia Caepionis | Decimus Junius Silanus (2) | Servilia the Younger | Quintus Servilius Caepio | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Porcia Catonis | Marcus Junius Brutus x | Junia Prima | Junia Tertia | Gaius Cassius Longinus x | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marcus Porcius Cato (II) | Junia Secunda | Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (triumvir) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Descendant of Pompey and Lucius Cornelius Sulla | Lepidus the Younger | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manius Aemilius Lepidus | Aemilia Lepida II | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sources
- Tacitus, The Annals of Imperial Rome
- Suetonius, Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Augustus
- http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0218.html
- http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/1877.html