Lepidus
Lepidus (Marcus Aemilius Lepidus),the triumvir, younger son of Marcus Aemilius Lepidus. As praetor 49 BC, he supported Caesar, then governed Hither Spain (48–7), intervening in the dissensions in Further Spain and returning to triumph. He was consul (46) and Caesar's magister equitum (see dictator) (46–44). On Caesar's death he gave armed support to Mark Antony, who in return contrived his appointment as pontifex maximus (chief of the pontifices: see priests) in Caesar's place. He then left to govern the provinces assigned him by Caesar, Gallia Narbonensis and Hither Spain. When, after the war of Mutina, Antony retreated into Gaul, Lepidus assured Cicero of his loyalty to the republic but on 29 May 43 joined forces with Antony and was declared a public enemy by the senate. At Bononia in Etruria in October he planned the Triumvirate...
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