person
Lucius Aemilius Paullus
Paullus
also: Paullo, Paullus
Consul 50 BC and elder brother of the triumvir Lepidus; a republican senator who in 43 BC helped allot the consular legions and later proposed declaring Lepidus a public enemy. Distinct from his ancestor L. Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus.
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 4.17 §7 his basilica
L. Aemilius Paulus, restoring the Basilica Aemilia in the Forum; Caesar secretly financed the work to win his support, part of the lavish building boom Cicero describes.
- Ad Atticum 6.1 §7 what is to become of them if Paulus comes out here
L. Aemilius Paullus, consul of 50 BC, was a likely successor to the province; Cicero fears a less scrupulous governor would let the Salaminians' deposited money be seized for the full inflated interest.
- Ad Atticum 14.7 §1 Paulus
Lucius Aemilius Paullus, consul 50 BC and elder brother of the triumvir-to-be Lepidus; Cicero meets him at Caieta and learns from him both the news of the pseudo-Marius and a warning that Cassius's life was threatened.
- Ad Familiares 8.11 §1 Paulus's fit of temper
L. Aemilius Paullus, consul 50 BC and elder brother of the triumvir Lepidus; some quarrel of his had handed Curio an opening that Curio feared to lose by letting the thanksgiving be decreed.
- Ad Familiares 15.12 §1 the supreme distinction of your family
L. Aemilius Paullus belonged to one of Rome's most illustrious patrician houses, the Aemilii Paulli, whose ancestors included the victor of Pydna; the family pedigree was itself a strong electoral asset.
- Ad Familiares 15.13 §1 the canvass for the consulship
The petitio consulatus was the formal candidacy and electioneering for the consulship; Paullus has now passed from candidate to consul-designate to consul of 50 BC.