Paullus Aemilius Regillus
Paullus Aemilius Regillus[1][2][3][4] or Regulus[5] (born around 15/14 BC) was a Roman Senator and grandnephew of the emperor Augustus.[2]
Biography[edit]
Early life[edit]
He was the son of the consul and censor Paullus Aemilius Lepidus[6] and Claudia Marcella the Younger, who was a daughter of Octavia the Younger and thus a niece of the Roman emperor Augustus.[6] From his father's previous marriage, Regillus had two half-brothers and one half-sister.[7] He was born c. 15 BC/14 BC.[5] His father died shortly after his birth, and his mother subsequently remarried.[5] Regillus was born and raised in Rome. Through his half-brother Marcus Valerius Messalla Barbatus, he was the uncle of the Roman Empress Valeria Messallina.
Career[edit]
Regillus' political career was contemporaneous with the rule of the Roman emperors Augustus and Tiberius, during which he served as a quaestor.[8] During the reign of Tiberius (14 to 37), Regillus was one of the emperor's comites,[3] an imperial legate and proconsul[3] of a Roman province. According to inscriptional evidence, Regillus was patron of Saguntum.[2][3]
References[edit]
- ^ Fusco and Gregori (1996), pp. 231-2.
- ^ a b c Syme (1989), pp. 148, 151.
- ^ a b c d Szramkiewicz (1975), p. 124.
- ^ RE Aemilius 130; CIL II, 3837
- ^ a b c Lightman & Lightman (2008), p. 205.
- ^ a b Article on Octavia Minor at Livius.org
- ^ Syme (1989).
- ^ Inscriptiones Latinae Selectae 949.
Sources[edit]
- 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. 111. Bonn: Dr. Rudolf Habelt GmbH: 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.