Paullus Aemilius Regulus
Paullus Aemilius Regulus,[1] also known as Paullus Aemilius Regillus[2] and Paullus Aemilius Paulli. f. Regillus[3][4] (flourished in the second half of the 1st century BC and first half of the 1st century), was a Roman Senator.[3]
Regulus was a member of the gens Aemilia. He was the son of the consul and censor Lucius Aemilius Lepidus Paullus (also known as Paullus Aemilius Lepidus)[5] and Claudia Marcella Minor, who was one of the daughters of consul Gaius Claudius Marcellus Minor and Octavia the Younger and thus a niece of the Roman emperor Augustus.[5] From his father’s previous marriage, Regulus had two half-brothers and one half-sister.[6] He was born ca. 15 BC/14 BC.[1] His father died shortly after his birth, and his mother subsequently remarried.[1] Regulus was born and raised in Rome.
Regulus’ political career was contemporaneous with the rule of the Roman emperors Augustus and Tiberius, during which he served as a quaestor.[7] During the reign of Tiberius (14 to 37), Regulus was one of the emperor's comites,[4] an imperial legate and proconsul[4] of a Roman province. According to inscriptional evidence, Regulus was patron of Saguntum.[3][4] His wife's name has been recorded as being Marcella Paulli.[3][8]
References
- 1 2 3 Lightman & Lightman (2008), p. 205.
- ↑ Fusco and Gregori (1996), pp. 231-2.
- 1 2 3 4 Syme (1989), p. 148.
- 1 2 3 4 Szramkiewicz (1975), p. 124.
- 1 2 Article on Octavia Minor at Livius.org
- ↑ Syme (1989).
- ↑ Inscriptiones Latinae Selectae 949.
- ↑ Fusco and Gregori (1996).
Sources
- R. Szramkiewicz (1975). Les gouverneurs de province à l'époque augustéenne. Nouvelles éditions latines.
- Ugo Fusco and Gian Luca Gregori (1996). "A proposito dei matrimoni di Marcella minore e del monvmentvm dei suoi schiavi e liberti" (PDF). Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik (Bonn: Dr. Rudolf Habelt GmbH) 111: 226–232.
- R. Syme (1989). The Augustan Aristocracy. Oxford University Press.
- M. Lightman and B. Lightman (2008). A to Z of Ancient Greek and Roman Women. Infobase Publishing.
- Jona Lendering (2014). "Octavia Minor". Livius.org. Retrieved 2015-03-19.