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were still acting like kings in the East even though their terms had expired and yet the Senate still intended to confine both consuls to
Liguria without recalling or replacing either of the two Eastern commanders. Either Nobilior and Manlius should be replaced, or their armies should be disbanded
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The following election, held later in 189, Lepidus again stood as a candidate for the consulship. Nobilior, however, returned to Rome to conduct and oversee the elections and he used his position to prevent any votes being cast for
Lepidus, his personal enemy. As a result, although this time
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Macedon, which the Romans were preparing for. Ptolemy was still only a young boy at this time and there is a tradition that Lepidus for a time acted himself during his stay in Egypt as the king's guardian and for a time governed the country. This appeal to
344:, it was then that Lepidus first distinguished himself. If not at Cannae itself, then in one of the battles closely following it, Lepidus saved the life of one of his countrymen by killing his assailant. For this act of gallantry, the
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elections. This, however, counted against him and made him unpopular with the people as he was accused of abandoning his province and responsibilities in order to satisfy personal ambition. Following the vote, only one candidate,
321:, being "gifted with superior intelligence". Combining these qualities with an impeccable aristocratic birth, political skill and a reputation for bravery, Lepidus soon rose to become one of the leading Romans of his generation.
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would soon find themselves at war with Rome. Rejecting the demands and saying that he was ready for war, Philip took the city and
Lepidus departed. The result of the king's refusal of these terms was the outbreak of the
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unfairly, Lepidus once more suffered the humiliation of defeat in the elections and could justly blame
Nobilior. Instead, Marcus Valerius Messalla, who the previous year had polled behind Lepidus, and
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Rhodians, who had appealed to Rome. Lepidus delivered a message from the Senate that Philip of Macedon must cease from making war on any other Greeks and agree to pay compensation to
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In 190 Lepidus left Sicily early before his term as governor had expired without first asking the permission of the Senate to do so and hastened back to Rome in order to stand in the
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to commemorate the deed. It was a remarkable honour for one so young and one that marked
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were preparing to make war on Rome. This threat so close to Rome caused the
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for any damage caused. If Philip would not agree to these terms then he and
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819:The Augustan Aristocracy
469:Marcus Valerius Messalla
189:Publius Licinius Crassus
178:180 BC – 152 BC
143:Marcus Valerius Messalla
923:Quintus Mucius Scaevola
909:Publius Mucius Scaevola
890:Gaius Valerius Laevinus
795:Broughton, T. Robert S.
634:Valerius Maximus, 3.1.1
603:Diodorus Siculus, 29.27
537:Marcus Fulvius Nobilior
461:Marcus Fulvius Nobilior
430:Lucius Aemilius Paullus
428:along with his kinsman
357:Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
326:Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
308:Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
280:Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
264:Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
251:Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
110:Quintus Mucius Scaevola
77:Publius Mucius Scaevola
30:Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
21:Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
836:Gaius Livius Salinator
481:Gaius Livius Salinator
139:Gaius Livius Salinator
1256:2nd-century BC clergy
1241:Ancient Roman censors
1078:M. Cornelius Cethegus
1060:L. Caecilius Metellus
529:and from 179, he was
483:were elected consul.
414:Second Macedonian War
124:Serving with
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1195:Imp. Caesar Augustus
1033:P. Cornelius Calussa
465:Gnaeus Manlius Vulso
1186:M. Aemilius Lepidus
1096:M. Aemilius Lepidus
1006:A. Cornelius Cossus
667:Justin, 30.2 - 30.3
46:, which he founded.
1159:Q. Mucius Scaevola
1132:P. Mucius Scaevola
1024:M. Fabius Ambustus
828:Political offices
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988:C. Papirius
541:Via Aemilia
439:Elected as
184:Preceded by
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85:Preceded by
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571:References
494:Consulship
389:Alexandria
350:Capitoline
332:Early life
997:Q. Furius
892:(Suffect)
813:Periochae
545:Placentia
500:Ligurians
473:patrician
401:Attalus I
369:Ptolemy V
300:Patrician
174:In office
118:In office
69:In office
1204:emperors
645:23.30.16
593:23.30.16
549:Ariminum
456:consular
397:Pergamum
377:Philip V
373:Carthage
319:Diodorus
315:Polybius
266:(father)
247:Children
913:175 BC
900:of the
862:187 BC
849:of the
625:, p. 7.
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508:Liguria
441:Praetor
409:Macedon
340:in the
304:Aemilia
59:of the
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697:Livy,
676:Livy,
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591:Livy,
557:Mutina
504:Senate
449:Greece
445:Sicily
405:Rhodes
393:Abydus
346:Senate
292:Censor
257:Parent
238:152 BC
222:230 BC
57:Consul
1191:12 BC
1182:44 BC
1173:63 BC
1164:81 BC
1155:89 BC
907:with
856:with
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678:31.18
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809:Livy
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