SENATORIAL DEMOGRAPHY IN THE HANNIBALIC WAR: WAS MARCUS AEMILIUS LEPIDUS (<i>COS</i>. 187, 175) MADE A SENATOR IN 216 <scp>b.c.e.</scp>?

Abstract Marcus Aemilius Lepidus was one of three Roman legati sent to Greece in 201/200 b.c.e. and ended up confronting Philip V of Macedon at Abydus. Scholars have debated whether this young man was already a senator by 201 or had yet to become one. This paper argues that he had actually been a senator since 216, enrolled in Buteo’s extraordinary lectio of one hundred and seventy-seven new senators, after he had gained a corona ciuica and spolia ex hoste during the early stages of the Hannibalic War.

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The Classical Quarterly
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2024-12-01
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SENATORIAL DEMOGRAPHY IN THE HANNIBALIC WAR: WAS MARCUS AEMILIUS LEPIDUS (COS. 187, 175) MADE A SENATOR IN 216 b.c.e.?

Connor Beattie
The Classical Quarterly
Classical Antiquity Studies
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SENATORIAL DEMOGRAPHY IN THE HANNIBALIC WAR: WAS MARCUS AEMILIUS LEPIDUS (COS. 187, 175) MADE A SENATOR IN 216 b.c.e.?

Connor Beattie
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Abstract Marcus Aemilius Lepidus was one of three Roman legati sent to Greece in 201/200 b.c.e. and ended up confronting Philip V of Macedon at Abydus. Scholars have debated whether this young man was already a senator by 201 or had yet to become one. This paper argues that he had actually been a senator since 216, enrolled in Buteo’s extraordinary lectio of one hundred and seventy-seven new senators, after he had gained a corona ciuica and spolia ex hoste during the early stages of the Hannibalic War.

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SENATORIAL DEMOGRAPHY IN THE HANNIBALIC WAR: WAS MARCUS AEMILIUS LEPIDUS (<i>COS</i>. 187, 175) MADE A SENATOR IN 216 <scp>b.c.e.</scp>? — Connor Beattie · The Classical Quarterly (2024) | TGRS Research Map | TGRS