Marcus Aemilius Barbula was a Roman politician from the ''

gens Aemilia The gens Aemilia, originally written Aimilia, was one of the greatest patrician families at ancient Rome. The gens was of great antiquity, and claimed descent from Numa Pompilius, the second King of Rome. Its members held the highest offices o ...

''. He was a consul in 230 BC alongside

Marcus Junius Pera Marcus Junius Pera ( fl. 230216 BC) was a Roman politician before and during the Second Punic War. Career Pera served as one of the consuls for the year 230 BC; during his consulship, he – along with his colleague Marcus Aemilius Barb ...

, succeeding Marcus Pomponius Matho and Gaius Papirius Maso and preceding Lucius Postumius Albinus (consul 234 BC) and Gnaeus Fulvius Centumalus. He was son of Lucius Aemilius Barbula and grandson of Quintus Aemilius Barbula, also consuls, and the third and last of the lineage in this charge.

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3rd-century BC Roman consuls Aemilii, Barbula, Marcus {{AncientRome-politician-stub

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