Lucius Aemilius Mamercus

Lucius Aemilius Mamercus was a Roman statesman who served as consul three times: in 484, 478 and 473 BC.[2][3][4]

Lucius Aemilius Mamercus
Consul of the Roman Republic
In office 1 September 484 BC[1] – 29 August 483 BC Serving with Caeso Fabius Vibulanus (consul)
Preceded by	Servius Cornelius Maluginensis, Quintus Fabius Vibulanus (consul 485 BC)
Succeeded by	Marcus Fabius Vibulanus (consul 483 BC), Lucius Valerius Potitus
In office 1 August 478 BC – 31 July 477 BC Serving with Gaius Servilius Structus Ahala (consul 478 BC), Opiter Verginius Tricostus Esquilinus (consul 478 BC)
Preceded by	Caeso Fabius Vibulanus (consul), Titus Verginius Tricostus Rutilus
Succeeded by	Gaius Horatius Pulvillus,
In office 1 August 473 BC – 31 July 472 BC Serving with Vopiscus Julius Iulus
Preceded by	Lucius Furius Medullinus (consul 474 BC), Gnaeus Manlius Vulso
Succeeded by	Lucius Pinarius Mamercinus Rufus (consul 472 BC), Publius Furius Medullinus Fusus
Personal details
Born	Unknown Ancient Rome
Died	Unknown Ancient Rome
Children	Tiberius Aemilius Mamercinus

In 484 BC, as consul, Aemilius led the Roman forces in battle against the Volsci and Aequi. The Romans were successful, and the Roman cavalry slaughtered many in the rout which followed.[4]

Livy says that during his first consulship, Aemilius (together with his colleague Caeso Fabius Vibulanus) worked with the senate to oppose increases to the powers of the tribunes.[4]

In 478 BC, Aemilius led a Roman army successfully against the Etruscans.[5]

See also

• Aemilia gens

References

1. Robert Maxwell Ogilvie, Commentary on Livy, books 1–5, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1965, pp. 404, 405.
2. Diodorus Siculus, II.38, II.52, II.64
3. Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities, IX.37
4. Livy, Ab urbe condita, 2.42
5. Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita, ii. 49.