Manius Aemilius Lepidus was a Roman Empire, Roman Roman senate, senator, who was active during the Principate. He was Roman consul, ordinary consul in AD 11 as the colleague of Titus Statilius Taurus (consul 11), Titus Statilius Taurus. Tacitus reports that Augustus on his deathbed, while discussing possible rivals for the Roman Emperor Tiberius, described him as worthy of becoming emperor (''capax imperii''), but "disdainful" of supreme power.

Biography

Early life

Lepidus has been assumed to be the son of Lepidus the Younger, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus the Younger and his wife Servilia Isaurica, but it is in modern-day believed that he was more likely the nephew of Lepidus the Younger. He had a sister named Aemilia Lepida (exiled 20), Aemilia Lepida.

Career

After 5 BC, but prior to acceding to the consulship, Lepidus was coopted as an Augur. He defended his sister at her trial in AD 20. At the trial of Clutorius Priscus, he argued without success that the proposed death sentence was excessively harsh. In AD 21, he achieved the pinacle of a Senatorial career, the proconsular governorship of Asia (Roman province), Asia.

Personal life

He had a daughter also called Aemilia Lepida (wife of Galba), Aemilia Lepida who married Emperor Galba.

Family

References

Imperial Roman consuls Roman governors of Asia Augurs of the Roman Empire Aemilii Lepidi 1st-century BC Romans 1st-century Romans {{AncientRome-politician-stub