Paullus Aemilius Regillus Syme (1989), pp. 148, 151. Szramkiewicz (1975), p. 124. or Regulus Lightman & Lightman (2008), p. 205. (born around 15/14 BC) was a Roman Senator and grandnephew of the emperor Augustus.

Biography

Early life

He was the son of the consul and censor Paullus Aemilius LepidusArticle on Octavia Minor at Livius.org
/ref> and Claudia Marcella the Younger, who was a daughter of Octavia the Younger and thus a niece of the Roman emperor Augustus. From his father's previous marriage, Regillus had two half-brothers and one half-sister. He was born 15 BC/14 BC. His father died shortly after his birth, and his mother subsequently remarried. Regillus was born and raised in Rome. Through his half-brother Marcus Valerius Messalla Barbatus, he was the uncle to the Roman Empress Valeria Messallina.

Career

Regillus' political career was contemporaneous with the rule of the Roman emperors Augustus and Tiberius, during which he served as a

quaestor A ( , , ; "investigator") was a public official in Ancient Rome. There were various types of quaestors, with the title used to describe greatly different offices at different times. In the Roman Republic, quaestors were elected officials who ...

.'' Inscriptiones Latinae Selectae'' 949. During the reign of Tiberius (14 to 37), Regillus was one of the emperor's '' comites'', an imperial legate and proconsul of a Roman province. According to inscriptional evidence, Regillus was patron of Saguntum.

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