Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (187 BC)
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Consul
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, Pontifex Maximus
Pontifex Maximus
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and censor
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As a praetor
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he was governor of Sicily in 191 BC. He was elected consul
Consul
Consul was the highest elected office of the Roman Republic and an appointive office under the Empire. The title was also used in other city states and also revived in modern states, notably in the First French Republic...
in 187 BC. He and his colleague, Gaius Flaminius, subdued the Liguria
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ns. From 180 BC onwards he was pontifex maximus and from 179 BC was princeps senatus
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. This same year he was also elected censor. In 175 BC he was elected consul for the second time. He oversaw construction of the Via Aemilia
Via Aemilia
The Via Aemilia was a trunk Roman road in the north Italian plain, running from Ariminum , on the Adriatic coast, to Placentia on the river Padus . It was completed in 187 BC...
in 187 BC, a Roman road from the town of Piacenza
Piacenza
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to Rimini
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, still in use and one of the most important roads in Northern Italy. He established the Roman colonies of Parma
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and Modena
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and gave his name to the Roman castrum of Regium Lepidi (today Reggio Emilia
Reggio Emilia
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