Marcus Aemilius Lepidus Minor

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Marcus Aemilius Lepidus Minor
Born
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (father)
  • Junia Secunda
  • (mother)

    Marcus Aemilius Lepidus the Younger or Marcus Aemilius Lepidus Minor (

    Marcus Aemilius Lepidus and his wife Junia Secunda, a half-sister of Caesar's assassin Brutus
    .

    Lepidus was executed by

    Velleius says that his wife Servilia committed suicide after her husband's death by swallowing burning hot coals.[1]

    Family

    Lepidus had at least one younger brother and possibly a sister. He was likely the son whom his father had once engaged to

    Junia Prima
    , his aunt.

    References

    1. ^ Weigel, Richard D. , Lepidus: The Tarnished Triumvir, Routledge, New York, 1992, p. 96
    2. ^ Münzer, Friedrich (1999). Roman aristocratic parties and families. University of Michigan: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 340.

    Sources

    • Tacitus, The Annals of Imperial Rome
    • Suetonius, Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Augustus

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