#mamercus aemilius lepidus livianus

[catilinas]

poking mamercus aemilius lepidus livianus with a stick. if cato was engaged to his daughter aemilia lepida 'when he thought that he was old enough to marry' + probably before the servile war and so. i would guess 75 bce ish? maybe as late as 73? and the only spouse we Know of for mamercus is cornelia sulla. and cornelia sulla's previous husband was killed in 88. and as far as i know the date of her marriage to mamercus is Unknown. and sulla fucked off to fight mithridates in like 87. WHAT is the timeline here. like i dont see how aemilia lepida could be old enough to get married in 73 at the latest unless cornelia sulla and mamercus were married almost immediately after the death of cornelia's first husband. which. i guess?????? i can't remember what mamercus was doing in the mid 80s either which doesn't help. did he do well enough in the social war for sulla to want a marriage alliance or did that come later. but if mamercus only married cornelia after sulla's return to italy i think aemilia lepida must have had a mother who was Not cornelia. why am i pondering this at 1:14am you ask. because i was thinking about the cursed onion tree in a world where cato did marry aemilia lepida, who was also his half cousin.

#syme may have already answered all of these questions but the augustan aristocracy is on the top shelf and im lazy #and the pdfs of the roman papers make my laptop make horrible noises. and it's The Night #cobwebs #mamercus aemilius lepidus livianus #cornelia sulla #porky #beeps

[catilinas]

Okay but with regards to roughly chopped onions, do you think this is what Poppaedius Silo said to the ghost of Marcus Livius Drusus after his Revenge Deception Operation against Caepio? (Also I think that revenge has MDZS vibes).

YES absolutely 100% but now i wonder did he use the roughly chopped onions to summon drusus’ ghost or did he :( just not have to wait long before he was killed also :(

(in arguably Another revenge! if you go with it being lepidus livianus rather than metellus pius defeating silo. which i Do because the narrative drama of silo killing caepio because he thought he was responsible for drusus’ death, And Then lepidus livianus (drusus’ brother) killing silo because he thought HE was responsible for drusus’ death if really fun. i think drusus’ ghost would be pissed at lepidus livianus though)

(AND. <- guy who has literally just reached episodes of a certain television show containing A Lot of revenge going on. yeah. real. it v much does)

#ALSOOO ok skim reading the wikipage for mamercus aemilius lepidus livianus and #there’s a little sentence about him Not accepting? being offered? a proconsular command against sertorius alongside metellus pius #and i JUST went through all the references for the death of silo bcs some say metellus pius defeated him and others say lepidus livianus #did they have beef???????????? #because also in the back of my mind i am thinking about um. colleen mccullough giving them insane homoerotic tension for literally no reason #what’s going ON. in the social war. #quintus poppaedius silo #marcus livius drusus #mamercus aemilius lepidus livianus #mdzsposting #<- i keep watching / reading it and being reminded of unidentifiable late roman republic shenanigans #like when a guy activates your This Reminds Me Of A Specific Roman Politician senses but you cannot tell which ONE #beeps