Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (consul 158 BC)

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Marcus Aemilius Lepidus was a Roman consul for the year 158 BC, together with Gaius Popillius Laenas. [1] He was a praetor in year 161 or earlier, and was possibly the presiding praetor when the Senate was holding discussions on the dispute between Magnesia and Priene. [2] He is mentioned in a context that suggests he was one of the Decemviri sacris faciundis , a priestly college (collegium) who oversaw the Sibylline Books in year 143. [3]

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  1. ↑ "The Histories of Polybius - Book 32". Loeb Classical Library. The University Of Chicago . Retrieved 2011-11-24. For both Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, who was pontifex maximus and princeps senatus, and Lucius Aemilius Paullus, who had conquered Perseus and possessed the highest credit and influence...
  2. ↑
    • T.R.S. Broughton, The Magistrates of the Roman Republic (American Philological Association, 1951, 1986), vol. 1, pp. 443 and 444 (note 2), and vol. 2, p. 526.
  3. ↑ Broughton, MRR1, p. 473.
Preceded by Consul of the Roman Republic
with Gaius Popillius Laenas
158 BC		Succeeded by


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