10-05-2013, 07:35 AM
I think the 'forgotten' triumvir Marcus Aemilius Lepidus is a mysterious character. Here are a couple of questions I wonder if you could help me out with.
1) How did he win the Pontifex Maximus title? Was he the most prominent man in Rome at the time? Why not Mark Antony, Octavian, or even one of the Republicans? Do we know precisely when Lepidus became Pontifex Maximus?
2) What did he do to Octavian to cause him to be stripped of his power? Did it have something to do with Sextus Pompey?
3) If Octavian was going to strip him of his power, why didn't he fight? Why didn't a civil war break out?
1) How did he win the Pontifex Maximus title? Was he the most prominent man in Rome at the time? Why not Mark Antony, Octavian, or even one of the Republicans? Do we know precisely when Lepidus became Pontifex Maximus?
2) What did he do to Octavian to cause him to be stripped of his power? Did it have something to do with Sextus Pompey?
3) If Octavian was going to strip him of his power, why didn't he fight? Why didn't a civil war break out?
David J. Cord
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