Paulus
Paulus, (Lucius ^milius,) a son of the preceding,
was born about 230 B.C., and was the most celebrated
member of his family. He was a fine specimen of the
old Roman aristocracy, and was a brother-in-law of
Scipio Africanus, the conqueror of Hannibal. Elected
praetor for the year 191 B.C., he obtained as his province
Farther Spain, where he defeated...
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Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus (229 BC-160 BC) was a two-time consul of the Roman Republic and a noted general.
Family -
His father was Lucius Aemilius Paullus, the consul defeated and killed in the battle of Cannae. Lucius Aemilius was, in his time, the
head of his branch of the Aemilii Paulli, an old and aristocratic patrician family. The...
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Lucius, afterwards surnamed Macedonĭcus, son of the last, was born about 230 or 229, since at the time of his second consulship (B.C.
168) he was upwards of sixty years of age. He was one of the best specimens of the high Roman nobles. He would not condescend to
flatter the people for the offices of the State, maintained with strictness severe di...
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