Lepidus
MARCUS ÆMILIUS, a break of the civil war he joined the popthe office of prætor, and at the outular party. He became master of the horse, and in 46 consul with Cæsar; was at Rome at the time of the murder of the latter, and succeeded him as pontifex maximus; had the government of Narbonese Gaul, and Hither Spain; joined Antony, and was declared an enemy to the state. In October, 43, the first triumvirate was formed, and the Roman world was divided between Octavius, Antony, and Lepidus. He was again consul in 42; was made governor of Africa, after the defeat of Brutus and Cassius at Philippi; attempted afterward unsuccessfully to make himself ther, de Oct. 7.
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LEPROSY independent, and lost his provinces and his office. He died in 13 B. C.