person
Manius Aemilius Lepidus
Manius Lepidus
also: M'. Lepidus, M'. quidem Lepidus
Consul of 66 BC, an elder consular who in late January and February 49 BC was among the senators with Cicero on the Campanian coast weighing whether to follow Pompey out of Italy. Distinct from the triumvir M. Aemilius Lepidus and from Mamercus Aemilius Lepidus Livianus.
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 8.6 §1 M'. Lepidus our neighbour
Manius Aemilius Lepidus, consul of 66 BC, an elder consular keeping company near Cicero on the coast while the war unfolds; not to be confused with the praetor of 49 and future triumvir of the same family name. He is the host to whom Sosius brings Pompey's dispatch.
- Ad Atticum 8.9 §3 Lepidus, indeed
Manius Aemilius Lepidus, consul of 66 BC, an elderly consular who was sitting out the war near Cicero at Formiae and keeping him company; not to be confused with the praetor of 49 and future triumvir.