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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
355:, 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,
332:, 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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154:Marcus Valerius Messalla
934:Quintus Mucius Scaevola
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806:Broughton, T. Robert S.
645:Valerius Maximus, 3.1.1
614:Diodorus Siculus, 29.27
548:Marcus Fulvius Nobilior
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441:Lucius Aemilius Paullus
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88:Publius Mucius Scaevola
41:Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
32:Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
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1252:Ancient Roman censors
1089:M. Cornelius Cethegus
1071:L. Caecilius Metellus
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1044:P. Cornelius Calussa
476:Gnaeus Manlius Vulso
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361:Capitoline
343:Early life
1008:Q. Furius
903:(Suffect)
824:Periochae
556:Placentia
511:Ligurians
484:patrician
412:Attalus I
380:Ptolemy V
311:Patrician
185:In office
129:In office
80:In office
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604:23.30.16
560:Ariminum
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408:Pergamum
388:Philip V
384:Carthage
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326:Polybius
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873:187 BC
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636:, p. 7.
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519:Liguria
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315:Aemilia
70:of the
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568:Mutina
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456:Sicily
416:Rhodes
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303:Censor
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249:152 BC
233:230 BC
68:Consul
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1193:44 BC
1184:63 BC
1175:81 BC
1166:89 BC
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