Marcus Aemilius Lepidus the Younger or Marcus Aemilius Lepidus Minor (Minor, Latin for the younger, died 30 BC

30 BC

Year 30 BC was either a common year starting on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday or a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Proleptic Julian calendar...

), was the only child of triumvir Marcus Aemilius Lepidus

Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (triumvir)

Marcus Aemilius Lepidus , was a Roman patrician who rose to become a member of the Second Triumvirate and Pontifex Maximus. His father, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, had been involved in a rebellion against the Roman Republic.Lepidus was among Julius Caesar's greatest supporters...

. Lepidus' mother was Junia Secunda, a sister to politician Marcus Junius Brutus

Marcus Junius Brutus

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Lepidus served as a Roman Senator

Roman Senate

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. Lepidus was executed by Octavian (future Roman Emperor

Roman Emperor

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 Augustus

Augustus

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), as a leader in a conspiracy against him. Lepidus in his younger years was betrothed in 44 BC

44 BC

Year 44 BC was either a common year starting on Sunday or Monday or a leap year starting on Friday or Saturday of the Julian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Proleptic Julian calendar...

 to Antonia, the eldest daughter of triumvir Mark Antony

Mark Antony

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. Antony and Lepidus’ father had arranged this. However for an unknown reason the betrothal was later broken off. Lepidus later married an unnamed Roman woman who was a descendant of triumvir Pompey

Pompey

Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, also known as Pompey or Pompey the Great , was a military and political leader of the late Roman Republic...

 and Dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla

Lucius Cornelius Sulla

Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix , known commonly as Sulla, was a Roman general and statesman. He had the rare distinction of holding the office of consul twice, as well as that of dictator...

. His children were Manius Aemilius Lepidus and Aemilia Lepida

Aemilia Lepida

Aemilia Lepida is a Roman woman belonging to the gens Aemilia. All but the first Aemilia Lepida lived in the imperial era. The name was given to daughters of men belonging to the Lepidus branch of the gens Aemilia. The first Aemilia Lepida to be mentioned by Roman historians was the former fiancee...

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