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Lucius Munatius Plancus Lucius Munatius Plancus ( – ) was a Roman senator, consul in 42 BC, and censor in 22 BC with Paullus Aemilius Lepidus. Along with Talleyrand eighteen centuries later, he is one of the classic historical examples of men who have m ...

(consul in 42 BC), he became consul in 13 AD. In AD 14 he went as legate to Germany to help suppress the Rhine legions' mutiny with little success. He was married to Aemilia Paulla, daughter of Aemilius Lepidus Paullus.

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