Cornelius
Scipio,
the son of Scipio Afri-
canus major, became
P.
the son of Scipio Afri-
canus major, became
P.
William Smith - 1844 - Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities - c
Antony (Antonius, No.
4), then in appearances, and concluding with certain symptoms
the zenith of his reputation. " What do you want? " wbich are the concomitants of fever. The third
said the saint. “To be made a monk," was Paul's book relates to topical affections, beginning from
answer. " Monks are not made of old men of the crown of the head, and descending down to
sixty," was the caustic rejoinder. But the perti- the nails of the feet. The fourth book treats of
nacity of Paul overcame the opposition of Antony, those complaints which are external and exposed
and sustained him through the ordeal of the stern to view, and are not limited to one part of the
discipline by wbich Antony hoped to weary him. body, but affect various parts. Also, of intestinal
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PAULUS.
163
PAULUS.
stilah! Al-kavátelí, or “ the Accoucheur. "
kascaleli, القوابلي
worms and dracunculi. The fifth treats of the book has also been translated into French by Pierre
wounds and bites of venomous animals ; also of the Tolet, Lyons, 1539, 12mo. The whole work has
distemper called hydrophobia, and of persons bitten been translated into English by Francis Adams, of
by dogs which are mad, and by those which are Banchory Teman, near Aberdeen, with a very
not mad; and also of persons bitten by men. copious and learned commentary, intended to fur-
Afterwards it treats of deleterious substances, nish “a complete manual of the Surgery and
and of the preservatives from them. In the Medicine of the Ancients, with a brief but com-
sixth book is contained every thing relating to prehensive outline of the sciences intimately con-
surgery, both what relates to the fleshy parts, such nected with them, especially Physiology, the
as the extraction of weapons, and to the bones, Materia Medica, and Pharmacy. " The first volumo
which comprehends fractures and dislocations. In was published at London, 8vo, 1834, but this
the seventh is contained an account of the pro- edition was never finished; of the second and
perties of all medicines, first of the simple, then of improved edition, the first volume appeared in
ihe compound, particularly of those which I had 1044, the second in 1846, and the third and last
mentioned in the preceding six books, and more is expected to appear in the course of the present
especially the greater, and, as it were, celebrated year, 1847, London, 8vo,“ printed for the Syden-
preparations ; for I did not think it proper to ham Society. “ (Choulant, llundb. der Bücherkunde
treat of all these articles promiscuously, lest it für die Acltere Medicin. ) (W. A. G. )
should occasion confusion, but so that any person PAULUS, A EMI'LIUS. The annexed stemma
looking for one or more of the distinguished prepa- exhibits all the persons of this name descended
rations might easily find it. Towards the end are from the consul of B. C. 302. The only two sons
certain things connected with the composition of that Paul Macedonicus left were adopted into
medicines, and of those articles which may be sub- other gentes, and the family. name in consequence
stituted for one another, the whole concluding with perished with him. It was, however, revived at a
an account of weights and measures. " (Adams's later period in the family of the Lepidi, who be-
Translation. ) Of these books the sixth is the most longed to the same gens, and was first borne by
valuable and interesting, and contains at the same L. Aemilius Paulus, the brother of the triumvir ;
time the most original matter. His reputation but as this Aemilius and his descendants belonged
among the Arabians seems to have been very great, to the family of the Lepidi, and not to that of the
and it is said that he was especially consulted Pauli, they are inserted under the former head.
by midwives, whence he received the name of (LEPIDUS, Nos. 16, 19, 22. )
1. M. AEMILIUS L. F. PAULUS, consul B. C. 302
with M. Livius Denter, defeated near Thuriae the
(Abú-l- Faraj, l. c. ) He is said by the Arabic Lacedemonian Cleonymus, who was ravaging the
authorities to have written a work, “ De Muli-
coast of Italy with a Greek fleet. In the follow-
erum Morbis," and another, “ De Puerulorum ing year, B. c. 301, in which year there were no
Vivendi Ratione atque Curatione. "
consuls, Paulus was magister equitum to the dio-
work *
was translated into Arabic by Honain Ibn tator Q. Fabius Maximus Rullianus. While the
Ishak, commonly called Joannitius. (See J. G. dictator went to Rome for the purpose of renewing
Wenrich, De Auctor. Graecor. Version. et Comment. the auspices, Aemilius was defeated in battle by
Syriac. Arub. Armen. et Pers. , Lips. 8vo. 1842. ) the Etruscans. (Liv. x. 1-3. )
An account of the medical opinions of Paulus
2. M. Aemilius M. f. L. N. PAULUS, son of
Aegineta may be found in 'Haller's Biblioth. the preceding, was consul B. c. 255 with Ser. Ful-
Chirurg. vol. i. , and Biblioth. Medic. Pract. vol. i. ;
vius Paetinus Nobilior, about the middle of the
first Punic war.
in Sprengel's Hist. de la Méd. vol. ii. ; and espe.
The history of the expedition of
cially in Freind's Hist. of Physic, vol. i. The these consuls to Africa, and of their shipwreck on
Greek text has been twice published, Venet. 15:28, their return, is given under Nobilior, No. 1.
fol, and Basil. 1538, fol. There are three Latin
3. L. AEMILIUS M. F. M. N. PAULUS, son of
translations, which were published altogether nearly No. 2, was consul the first time, B. c. 219, with
twenty times in the sixteenth century : 1. that by M. Livius Salinator. He was sent against the
Albanus Torinus, Basil. 1532, fol. ; 2. that by Illyrians, who had risen again in arms under De-
J. Guinterius Andernacus, Paris. 1532, fol. ; and 3. metrius of the island of Pharos in the Adriatic.
that by Janus Cornarius, Basil. 1556, fol. , which Paulus conquered him without any difficulty: he
last translation is inserted by H. Stephens in his took Pharos, reduced the strong holds of Demetrius,
“ Medicae Artis Principes, Paris, 1567, fol. and compelled the latter to fly for refuge to Philip,
For these services Paulus
Separate editions have appeared in Latin of the first, king of Macedonia
second, sixth, and seventh books ; and the sixth obtained a triumph on his return to Rome ; but
he was notwithstanding brought to trial along
This work is said by Abu-l-Faraj (l. c. ) to
with his colleague M. Livius Salinator, on the
have consisted of nine books, a statement which is plea that they had not fairly divided the booty
Salinator was condemned,
explained by Fabricius and others, by supposing among the soldiers,
that the seventh book, and either the third or
and Paulus escaped with difficulty. (Polyb. iii.
sixth, which are longer than the others, were di- 16—19, iv. 37 ; Appian, Ilyr. 8; Zonar. viii. 20;
vided by the Arabians into two ; but perhaps a
Liv. xxii. 35. ) (DEMETRIUS, pp. 965, b. , 966, a. ]
more natural way of accounting for the statement
In B. C. 216 Aemilius Paulus was consul a
second time with C. Terentius Varro. This was
is to consider Emai " nine” a mere clerical the year of the memorable defeat at Cannae. [HAN-
NIBAL, p. 336. ] The battle was fought against
error for
“seren,” the two words being the advice of Paulus ; and he was one of the many
(with the exception of the diacritical points) almost distinguished Romans who perished in the engage
exactly alike.
ment, refusing to fly from the field, when a tribuno
His great
سبع
1
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PAULUS
PAULUS.
STEMMA AEMILIORUM PAULORUM.
1. M. Aemilius Paulus,
cos. B. C. 302.
1
2. M. Aemilius Paulus,
cos. B. c. 255.
3. L. Aemilius Paulus,
cos. B. C. 219, 216.
Fell at Cannae.
4. L. Aensilius Paulus Macedonicus,
cos. B. C. 182, 168. Died B. c.
160. Married Papiria, daughter
of C. Papirius Maso, cos. B. C.
231.
Aemilia, married P.
Cornelius Scipio Afri.
canus major. (See
AEMILIA, No. 2. )
Elder son, adopted by
Q. Fabius Maximus,
became Q. Fabius
Maximus Aemilianus,
[See MAXIMUS, Fa-
BIUS, No. 8. )
Younger son, adopted
by P.
Cornelius Scipio,
the son of Scipio Afri-
canus major, became
P. Cornelius Scipio
Africanus minor.
[Scipio. )
Aemilia Prima,
married Q.
Aelius Tu-
bero.
Aemilia Secunda,
married M. Porcius
Cato, the son of
M. Porcius Cato,
the Censor.
of the soldiers offered him his horse. The heroism was exposed on his conquest of Macedonia. His
of his death is sung by Horace (Carm. i. 12):- name is first mentioned in B. c. 194, when he was
“ animaeque magnae
appointed one of the three commissioners for found-
Prodigum Paulum superante Poeno
ing a colony at Croton. Two years afterwards,
B. C. 192, he was elected curule aedile with M.
Gratus insigni referam Camena. "
Aemilius Lepidus, and possessed already so high
(Comp. Liv. xxii. 35–49 ; Polyb. iii. 107–116. ) a reputation that he carried his election against
Paulus was one of the Pontifices (Liv. xxiii. 21). twelve competitors, all of whom are said to have
He was throughout his life a staunch adherent of obtained the consulship afterwards. His aedile-
the aristocracy, and was raised to his second con- ship was distinguished for the real with which he
sulship by the latter party to counterbalance the prosecuted the pecuarii. In the following year,
mfluence of the plebeian Terentius Varro. He B. c. 191, he was praetor, and obtained Further
maintained all the hereditary principles of his Spain as his province, whither he went with the
party, of which we have an instance in the circum- title of proconsul. Here he had to carry on war
stance related by Valerius Maximus. The senate with the Lusitani. At first he was unsuccessful,
always looked with suspicion upon the introduction being defeated near Lyco, a town of the Bastetani,
of any new religious rites into the city, and ac- with a loss of 6000 of his men ; but he subse-
cordingly gave orders in the (first) consulship of quently retrieved this misfortune by gaining a
Paulus for the destruction of the shrines of Isis great victory over the enemy, by which Spain was
and Serapis, which had been erected at Rome. for a time rendered more tranquil
. He returned
But when no workman dared touch the sacred to Rome in B. c. 189, and shortly afterwards be-
buildings the consul threw aside his praetexta, or came a candidate for the consulship. Several
robe of office, seized a hatchet, and broke the doors times, however, did he sue in rain for this honour
of one of the temples. (Val. Max. i. 3. & 3). (comp. Liv. xxxix. 32 ; Aur. Vict. de l'ir. IU. 56);
L. Aemilius L. f. M. N. Paulus, after and it was not till B. c. 182 that he obtained the
wards surnamed MACEDONICUS, was the son of consulship along with Cn. Bae bius Tamphilus. In
No. 3, and the most distinguished member of his the following year, B. c. 181, Paulus was sent
family. He was born about B. c. 230 or 229, against the Ingauni, a Ligurian people, who pos-
since at the time of his second consulship, B. c. 168, sessed a considerable naval power, with which they
he was upwards of sixty years of age. He was one were in the habit of plundering the merchant-
of the best specimens of the high Roman nobles. vessels as far as the Atlantic. These people he
He inherited all the aristocratical prejudices of his entirely subdued, razed their fortifications, and
father, would not condescend to court and flatter carried off their shipping; and in consequence of
the people for the offices of the state, maintained his success he obtained a triumph on his return to
with strictness severe discipline in the army, was Rome.
deeply skilled in the lore of the augurs, to whose For the next thirteen years Aemilius Panlus
college he belonged, and maintained throughout lived quietly at Rome, deroting most of his time
life a pure and unspotted character, notwith to the education of his children. During the latter
standing the temptations to which his integrity part of this time Rome was at war with Perseus, .
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PAULUS.
155
king of Macedonia ; but as the Roman commanders out at the funcral games exhibited in honour of
had hitherto failed to bring the contest to a con. Aemilius Paulus.
clusion, the people demanded a general of greater Aemilius Paulus was married twice. By his
experience and abilities, and unanimously pressed first wife, Papiria, the daughter of C. Papirius
Paulus to undertake the conduct of the war. At Maso, consul B. c. 231, he had four children, who
first he was not disposed to comply with their are given in the preceding stenima. He after-
request, as he was upwards of sixty, and still wards divorced Papiria ; and by his second wife,
reinembered with bitterness their former rejection whose name is not mentioned, he had two sons,
of him at the consular comitia. But he yielded at whose death has been mentioned above, and a
length to the general solicitation, and was accord-daughter, who was a child at the time that her
ingly elected consul a second time, B, 103, with father was elected to his second consulship. [AE-
c. Licinius Crassus. Age had not in the least MILIA, No. 3. ] (Plutarch, Life of Acmilius l'av
impaired his vigour or his faculties. He arrived lus; Liv. xxxiv. 45, xxxv. 10, 24, xxxvi. 2, xxxvii.
at Macedonia early in the summer of this year, 46, 57, xxxix. 56, xl. 25—28, 31, xliv. 17-xlv.
and on the 22nd of June completely defeated the 41, Epit. 46 ; Polyb. xxix. —xxxii. ; Aur. Vict.
Macedonian monarch near Pydna. This battle de-de l'ir. III. 56 ; Val. Max. v. 10. & 2; Vell. Pat.
cided the war, and Perseus shortly afterwards i. 9, 10 ; Orelli, Onom. Tull. vol. ii. p. 16).
surrendered himself and was brought to Paulus, PAULUS, AVIDIE'NUS, a rhetorician men-
who treated him with great kindness and courtesy. tioned by the elder Seneca (Controv. 17).
A detailed account of this campaign is given under PAULUS CATE'NA, one of the ministers of
PERSBUS. Paulus remained in Macedonia during the tyranny of the court under the emperor
the greater part of the following year as proconsul, Constantius 11. He was a native either of His-
and in the course of B. c. 167 he made a journey | pania or Dacia (comp. Amm. Marc. xiv. 5, xv.
through Greece, in which he redressed many griev- 3), and held the office of notary. Ammianus de-
ances of which the states complained, and made scribes him as a "smooth-faced” sycophant, who
them various presents from the royal treasury. | being sent into Britain, after the overthrow of Mag-
On his return to Macedonia he held a court at nentius, treated the officers of the province with
Amphipolis, where he arranged the affairs of Ma- great cruelty, and enriched himself with their spoils.
cedonia, in conjunction with ten Roman commis- His cruelty provoked Martinus, pro-praefect of the
sioners, whom the senate had despatched for the province, whom he had accused and thrown into
purpose, and passed sentence upon the various fetters, to attempt his life ; but the blow did not
parties that had espoused the cause of Perseus. take effect. Paulus acquired his cognomen Catena,
He concluded the business by the celebration of “the fetter," from the skill with which he wound
most splendid games, for which preparations had the chains of falsehood and calumny round his
been making a long time previously. But before victims. After the death of Constantius, A. D. 361,
leaving Greece, Paulus marched into Epeirus, Paul and some other of the ministers of his cruelty
where, in accordance with a cruel command of the were burnt alive by order of Julian the Apostate.
senate, he gave to his soldiers seventy towns to be (Amm. Marc. Il. cc. and xxii. 3. ) (J. C. M. ]
pillaged, because they had been in alliance with PAULUS, JU'LIUS, the brother or Claudius
Perseus. He then straightway proceeded to Ori-Civilis, who was the leader of the Batavi in their
cuin, where he embarked his troops, and crossed revolt from Rome, A. D. 69–70. On a false
over to Italy.
charge of treason Julius Paulus had been pre-
Aemilius Paulus arrived in Italy towards the viously put to death by Nero's legate, Fonteius
close of B. C. 167. The booty which he brought Capito, in A. D. 67 or 68. (Tac. Hist. iv. 13, 32. )
with him from Macedonia, and which he paid into [Civilis. )
the Roman treasury, was of enormous value ; but PAULUS, JU'LIUS, one of the most distin-
the soldiers were indignant that they had obtained guished of the Roman jurists, has been supposed,
so small a share in the plunder ; and it was there without any good reason, to be of Greek origin,
fore not without considerable opposition that and from a Phoenician town. Others conjecture
obtained his triumph. This triumph, which was that he was a native of Patavium (Padua), because
celebrated at the end of November, B. c. 167, was there is a statue there, with an inscription, Paulus
the most splendid that Rome had yet seen ; it but the statue and inscription may refer to another
lasted three days, and is described at length by Paulus (Gellius, v. 4, xix. 7). . Paulus was in the
Plutarch. Before the triumphal car of Aemilius auditorium of Papinian (Dig. 29. tit. 2. s. 97; 49.
walked the captive monarch of Macedonia and his tit. 14. 8. 50), and consequently was acting as a
children, and behind it were his two illustrious jurist in the joint reigns of Septimius Severus and
Bons, Q. Fabius Maximus and P. Scipio Africanus Antoninus Caracalla, and also during the reign of
the younger, both of whom had been adopted into Caracalla. Paulus was exiled by Elagabalus, but
other families. But the glory of the conqueror he was recalled by Alexander Severus when he
was clouded by family misfortune. At this very became emperor, and was made a member of his
time he lost his two younger sons ; one, twelve years consilium (Aurel. Vict. De Caes. xxiv. ; Lamprid.
of age, died only five days before his triumph, and Alex.
the zenith of his reputation. " What do you want? " wbich are the concomitants of fever. The third
said the saint. “To be made a monk," was Paul's book relates to topical affections, beginning from
answer. " Monks are not made of old men of the crown of the head, and descending down to
sixty," was the caustic rejoinder. But the perti- the nails of the feet. The fourth book treats of
nacity of Paul overcame the opposition of Antony, those complaints which are external and exposed
and sustained him through the ordeal of the stern to view, and are not limited to one part of the
discipline by wbich Antony hoped to weary him. body, but affect various parts. Also, of intestinal
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PAULUS.
163
PAULUS.
stilah! Al-kavátelí, or “ the Accoucheur. "
kascaleli, القوابلي
worms and dracunculi. The fifth treats of the book has also been translated into French by Pierre
wounds and bites of venomous animals ; also of the Tolet, Lyons, 1539, 12mo. The whole work has
distemper called hydrophobia, and of persons bitten been translated into English by Francis Adams, of
by dogs which are mad, and by those which are Banchory Teman, near Aberdeen, with a very
not mad; and also of persons bitten by men. copious and learned commentary, intended to fur-
Afterwards it treats of deleterious substances, nish “a complete manual of the Surgery and
and of the preservatives from them. In the Medicine of the Ancients, with a brief but com-
sixth book is contained every thing relating to prehensive outline of the sciences intimately con-
surgery, both what relates to the fleshy parts, such nected with them, especially Physiology, the
as the extraction of weapons, and to the bones, Materia Medica, and Pharmacy. " The first volumo
which comprehends fractures and dislocations. In was published at London, 8vo, 1834, but this
the seventh is contained an account of the pro- edition was never finished; of the second and
perties of all medicines, first of the simple, then of improved edition, the first volume appeared in
ihe compound, particularly of those which I had 1044, the second in 1846, and the third and last
mentioned in the preceding six books, and more is expected to appear in the course of the present
especially the greater, and, as it were, celebrated year, 1847, London, 8vo,“ printed for the Syden-
preparations ; for I did not think it proper to ham Society. “ (Choulant, llundb. der Bücherkunde
treat of all these articles promiscuously, lest it für die Acltere Medicin. ) (W. A. G. )
should occasion confusion, but so that any person PAULUS, A EMI'LIUS. The annexed stemma
looking for one or more of the distinguished prepa- exhibits all the persons of this name descended
rations might easily find it. Towards the end are from the consul of B. C. 302. The only two sons
certain things connected with the composition of that Paul Macedonicus left were adopted into
medicines, and of those articles which may be sub- other gentes, and the family. name in consequence
stituted for one another, the whole concluding with perished with him. It was, however, revived at a
an account of weights and measures. " (Adams's later period in the family of the Lepidi, who be-
Translation. ) Of these books the sixth is the most longed to the same gens, and was first borne by
valuable and interesting, and contains at the same L. Aemilius Paulus, the brother of the triumvir ;
time the most original matter. His reputation but as this Aemilius and his descendants belonged
among the Arabians seems to have been very great, to the family of the Lepidi, and not to that of the
and it is said that he was especially consulted Pauli, they are inserted under the former head.
by midwives, whence he received the name of (LEPIDUS, Nos. 16, 19, 22. )
1. M. AEMILIUS L. F. PAULUS, consul B. C. 302
with M. Livius Denter, defeated near Thuriae the
(Abú-l- Faraj, l. c. ) He is said by the Arabic Lacedemonian Cleonymus, who was ravaging the
authorities to have written a work, “ De Muli-
coast of Italy with a Greek fleet. In the follow-
erum Morbis," and another, “ De Puerulorum ing year, B. c. 301, in which year there were no
Vivendi Ratione atque Curatione. "
consuls, Paulus was magister equitum to the dio-
work *
was translated into Arabic by Honain Ibn tator Q. Fabius Maximus Rullianus. While the
Ishak, commonly called Joannitius. (See J. G. dictator went to Rome for the purpose of renewing
Wenrich, De Auctor. Graecor. Version. et Comment. the auspices, Aemilius was defeated in battle by
Syriac. Arub. Armen. et Pers. , Lips. 8vo. 1842. ) the Etruscans. (Liv. x. 1-3. )
An account of the medical opinions of Paulus
2. M. Aemilius M. f. L. N. PAULUS, son of
Aegineta may be found in 'Haller's Biblioth. the preceding, was consul B. c. 255 with Ser. Ful-
Chirurg. vol. i. , and Biblioth. Medic. Pract. vol. i. ;
vius Paetinus Nobilior, about the middle of the
first Punic war.
in Sprengel's Hist. de la Méd. vol. ii. ; and espe.
The history of the expedition of
cially in Freind's Hist. of Physic, vol. i. The these consuls to Africa, and of their shipwreck on
Greek text has been twice published, Venet. 15:28, their return, is given under Nobilior, No. 1.
fol, and Basil. 1538, fol. There are three Latin
3. L. AEMILIUS M. F. M. N. PAULUS, son of
translations, which were published altogether nearly No. 2, was consul the first time, B. c. 219, with
twenty times in the sixteenth century : 1. that by M. Livius Salinator. He was sent against the
Albanus Torinus, Basil. 1532, fol. ; 2. that by Illyrians, who had risen again in arms under De-
J. Guinterius Andernacus, Paris. 1532, fol. ; and 3. metrius of the island of Pharos in the Adriatic.
that by Janus Cornarius, Basil. 1556, fol. , which Paulus conquered him without any difficulty: he
last translation is inserted by H. Stephens in his took Pharos, reduced the strong holds of Demetrius,
“ Medicae Artis Principes, Paris, 1567, fol. and compelled the latter to fly for refuge to Philip,
For these services Paulus
Separate editions have appeared in Latin of the first, king of Macedonia
second, sixth, and seventh books ; and the sixth obtained a triumph on his return to Rome ; but
he was notwithstanding brought to trial along
This work is said by Abu-l-Faraj (l. c. ) to
with his colleague M. Livius Salinator, on the
have consisted of nine books, a statement which is plea that they had not fairly divided the booty
Salinator was condemned,
explained by Fabricius and others, by supposing among the soldiers,
that the seventh book, and either the third or
and Paulus escaped with difficulty. (Polyb. iii.
sixth, which are longer than the others, were di- 16—19, iv. 37 ; Appian, Ilyr. 8; Zonar. viii. 20;
vided by the Arabians into two ; but perhaps a
Liv. xxii. 35. ) (DEMETRIUS, pp. 965, b. , 966, a. ]
more natural way of accounting for the statement
In B. C. 216 Aemilius Paulus was consul a
second time with C. Terentius Varro. This was
is to consider Emai " nine” a mere clerical the year of the memorable defeat at Cannae. [HAN-
NIBAL, p. 336. ] The battle was fought against
error for
“seren,” the two words being the advice of Paulus ; and he was one of the many
(with the exception of the diacritical points) almost distinguished Romans who perished in the engage
exactly alike.
ment, refusing to fly from the field, when a tribuno
His great
سبع
1
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154
PAULUS
PAULUS.
STEMMA AEMILIORUM PAULORUM.
1. M. Aemilius Paulus,
cos. B. C. 302.
1
2. M. Aemilius Paulus,
cos. B. c. 255.
3. L. Aemilius Paulus,
cos. B. C. 219, 216.
Fell at Cannae.
4. L. Aensilius Paulus Macedonicus,
cos. B. C. 182, 168. Died B. c.
160. Married Papiria, daughter
of C. Papirius Maso, cos. B. C.
231.
Aemilia, married P.
Cornelius Scipio Afri.
canus major. (See
AEMILIA, No. 2. )
Elder son, adopted by
Q. Fabius Maximus,
became Q. Fabius
Maximus Aemilianus,
[See MAXIMUS, Fa-
BIUS, No. 8. )
Younger son, adopted
by P.
Cornelius Scipio,
the son of Scipio Afri-
canus major, became
P. Cornelius Scipio
Africanus minor.
[Scipio. )
Aemilia Prima,
married Q.
Aelius Tu-
bero.
Aemilia Secunda,
married M. Porcius
Cato, the son of
M. Porcius Cato,
the Censor.
of the soldiers offered him his horse. The heroism was exposed on his conquest of Macedonia. His
of his death is sung by Horace (Carm. i. 12):- name is first mentioned in B. c. 194, when he was
“ animaeque magnae
appointed one of the three commissioners for found-
Prodigum Paulum superante Poeno
ing a colony at Croton. Two years afterwards,
B. C. 192, he was elected curule aedile with M.
Gratus insigni referam Camena. "
Aemilius Lepidus, and possessed already so high
(Comp. Liv. xxii. 35–49 ; Polyb. iii. 107–116. ) a reputation that he carried his election against
Paulus was one of the Pontifices (Liv. xxiii. 21). twelve competitors, all of whom are said to have
He was throughout his life a staunch adherent of obtained the consulship afterwards. His aedile-
the aristocracy, and was raised to his second con- ship was distinguished for the real with which he
sulship by the latter party to counterbalance the prosecuted the pecuarii. In the following year,
mfluence of the plebeian Terentius Varro. He B. c. 191, he was praetor, and obtained Further
maintained all the hereditary principles of his Spain as his province, whither he went with the
party, of which we have an instance in the circum- title of proconsul. Here he had to carry on war
stance related by Valerius Maximus. The senate with the Lusitani. At first he was unsuccessful,
always looked with suspicion upon the introduction being defeated near Lyco, a town of the Bastetani,
of any new religious rites into the city, and ac- with a loss of 6000 of his men ; but he subse-
cordingly gave orders in the (first) consulship of quently retrieved this misfortune by gaining a
Paulus for the destruction of the shrines of Isis great victory over the enemy, by which Spain was
and Serapis, which had been erected at Rome. for a time rendered more tranquil
. He returned
But when no workman dared touch the sacred to Rome in B. c. 189, and shortly afterwards be-
buildings the consul threw aside his praetexta, or came a candidate for the consulship. Several
robe of office, seized a hatchet, and broke the doors times, however, did he sue in rain for this honour
of one of the temples. (Val. Max. i. 3. & 3). (comp. Liv. xxxix. 32 ; Aur. Vict. de l'ir. IU. 56);
L. Aemilius L. f. M. N. Paulus, after and it was not till B. c. 182 that he obtained the
wards surnamed MACEDONICUS, was the son of consulship along with Cn. Bae bius Tamphilus. In
No. 3, and the most distinguished member of his the following year, B. c. 181, Paulus was sent
family. He was born about B. c. 230 or 229, against the Ingauni, a Ligurian people, who pos-
since at the time of his second consulship, B. c. 168, sessed a considerable naval power, with which they
he was upwards of sixty years of age. He was one were in the habit of plundering the merchant-
of the best specimens of the high Roman nobles. vessels as far as the Atlantic. These people he
He inherited all the aristocratical prejudices of his entirely subdued, razed their fortifications, and
father, would not condescend to court and flatter carried off their shipping; and in consequence of
the people for the offices of the state, maintained his success he obtained a triumph on his return to
with strictness severe discipline in the army, was Rome.
deeply skilled in the lore of the augurs, to whose For the next thirteen years Aemilius Panlus
college he belonged, and maintained throughout lived quietly at Rome, deroting most of his time
life a pure and unspotted character, notwith to the education of his children. During the latter
standing the temptations to which his integrity part of this time Rome was at war with Perseus, .
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king of Macedonia ; but as the Roman commanders out at the funcral games exhibited in honour of
had hitherto failed to bring the contest to a con. Aemilius Paulus.
clusion, the people demanded a general of greater Aemilius Paulus was married twice. By his
experience and abilities, and unanimously pressed first wife, Papiria, the daughter of C. Papirius
Paulus to undertake the conduct of the war. At Maso, consul B. c. 231, he had four children, who
first he was not disposed to comply with their are given in the preceding stenima. He after-
request, as he was upwards of sixty, and still wards divorced Papiria ; and by his second wife,
reinembered with bitterness their former rejection whose name is not mentioned, he had two sons,
of him at the consular comitia. But he yielded at whose death has been mentioned above, and a
length to the general solicitation, and was accord-daughter, who was a child at the time that her
ingly elected consul a second time, B, 103, with father was elected to his second consulship. [AE-
c. Licinius Crassus. Age had not in the least MILIA, No. 3. ] (Plutarch, Life of Acmilius l'av
impaired his vigour or his faculties. He arrived lus; Liv. xxxiv. 45, xxxv. 10, 24, xxxvi. 2, xxxvii.
at Macedonia early in the summer of this year, 46, 57, xxxix. 56, xl. 25—28, 31, xliv. 17-xlv.
and on the 22nd of June completely defeated the 41, Epit. 46 ; Polyb. xxix. —xxxii. ; Aur. Vict.
Macedonian monarch near Pydna. This battle de-de l'ir. III. 56 ; Val. Max. v. 10. & 2; Vell. Pat.
cided the war, and Perseus shortly afterwards i. 9, 10 ; Orelli, Onom. Tull. vol. ii. p. 16).
surrendered himself and was brought to Paulus, PAULUS, AVIDIE'NUS, a rhetorician men-
who treated him with great kindness and courtesy. tioned by the elder Seneca (Controv. 17).
A detailed account of this campaign is given under PAULUS CATE'NA, one of the ministers of
PERSBUS. Paulus remained in Macedonia during the tyranny of the court under the emperor
the greater part of the following year as proconsul, Constantius 11. He was a native either of His-
and in the course of B. c. 167 he made a journey | pania or Dacia (comp. Amm. Marc. xiv. 5, xv.
through Greece, in which he redressed many griev- 3), and held the office of notary. Ammianus de-
ances of which the states complained, and made scribes him as a "smooth-faced” sycophant, who
them various presents from the royal treasury. | being sent into Britain, after the overthrow of Mag-
On his return to Macedonia he held a court at nentius, treated the officers of the province with
Amphipolis, where he arranged the affairs of Ma- great cruelty, and enriched himself with their spoils.
cedonia, in conjunction with ten Roman commis- His cruelty provoked Martinus, pro-praefect of the
sioners, whom the senate had despatched for the province, whom he had accused and thrown into
purpose, and passed sentence upon the various fetters, to attempt his life ; but the blow did not
parties that had espoused the cause of Perseus. take effect. Paulus acquired his cognomen Catena,
He concluded the business by the celebration of “the fetter," from the skill with which he wound
most splendid games, for which preparations had the chains of falsehood and calumny round his
been making a long time previously. But before victims. After the death of Constantius, A. D. 361,
leaving Greece, Paulus marched into Epeirus, Paul and some other of the ministers of his cruelty
where, in accordance with a cruel command of the were burnt alive by order of Julian the Apostate.
senate, he gave to his soldiers seventy towns to be (Amm. Marc. Il. cc. and xxii. 3. ) (J. C. M. ]
pillaged, because they had been in alliance with PAULUS, JU'LIUS, the brother or Claudius
Perseus. He then straightway proceeded to Ori-Civilis, who was the leader of the Batavi in their
cuin, where he embarked his troops, and crossed revolt from Rome, A. D. 69–70. On a false
over to Italy.
charge of treason Julius Paulus had been pre-
Aemilius Paulus arrived in Italy towards the viously put to death by Nero's legate, Fonteius
close of B. C. 167. The booty which he brought Capito, in A. D. 67 or 68. (Tac. Hist. iv. 13, 32. )
with him from Macedonia, and which he paid into [Civilis. )
the Roman treasury, was of enormous value ; but PAULUS, JU'LIUS, one of the most distin-
the soldiers were indignant that they had obtained guished of the Roman jurists, has been supposed,
so small a share in the plunder ; and it was there without any good reason, to be of Greek origin,
fore not without considerable opposition that and from a Phoenician town. Others conjecture
obtained his triumph. This triumph, which was that he was a native of Patavium (Padua), because
celebrated at the end of November, B. c. 167, was there is a statue there, with an inscription, Paulus
the most splendid that Rome had yet seen ; it but the statue and inscription may refer to another
lasted three days, and is described at length by Paulus (Gellius, v. 4, xix. 7). . Paulus was in the
Plutarch. Before the triumphal car of Aemilius auditorium of Papinian (Dig. 29. tit. 2. s. 97; 49.
walked the captive monarch of Macedonia and his tit. 14. 8. 50), and consequently was acting as a
children, and behind it were his two illustrious jurist in the joint reigns of Septimius Severus and
Bons, Q. Fabius Maximus and P. Scipio Africanus Antoninus Caracalla, and also during the reign of
the younger, both of whom had been adopted into Caracalla. Paulus was exiled by Elagabalus, but
other families. But the glory of the conqueror he was recalled by Alexander Severus when he
was clouded by family misfortune. At this very became emperor, and was made a member of his
time he lost his two younger sons ; one, twelve years consilium (Aurel. Vict. De Caes. xxiv. ; Lamprid.
of age, died only five days before his triumph, and Alex.
