Marcus Aemilius Lepidus

Roman statesman. He declared for Julius Caesar against Pompey (49 BC), and Caesar made him dictator of Rome and his colleague in the consulate (46 BC). He supported Marcus Antonius, and became one of the triumvirate with Octavian Augustus and Antonius, with Africa for his province (40–39 BC). He thought he could raise Sicily against Octavian, but his soldiers deserted his cause, and he retired from public life.

Marcus Aemilius Lepidus was a common name for several successive generations of a family in ancient Rome:

Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (187 BC) Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, consul in 78 BCE Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (triumvir) (49 BC) Lepidus the Younger Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (consul AD 6) Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (executed AD 40), nephew of the above and brother-in-law to Emperor Caligula. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.