person
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
M. Aemilius (pont. max.)
also: M. Aemilius, Lepidus the pontifex maximus
Pontifex maximus in the second century BC who, on behalf of the college, replied that the censor C. Cassius could not dedicate his statue of Concord without the people's order. Cicero invokes the response as authority on the law of dedication.