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Encyclopedia > Aemilia Scaura

Aemilia Scaura (ca 100 BC - 82 BC) was the daughter of the patrician Roman Marcus Aemilius Scaurus and his second wife Caecilia Metella Dalmatica. The world in 100 BC. The eastern hemisphere in 100 BC. Consuls: Lucius Valerius Flaccus, Gaius Marius (Mariuss sixth consulship). ... Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century Decades: 130s BC 120s BC 110s BC 100s BC 90s BC - 80s BC - 70s BC 60s BC 50s BC 40s BC 30s BC Years: 87 BC 86 BC 85 BC 84 BC 83 BC - 82 BC - 81 BC 80 BC 79... This article is about the social and political class in ancient Rome. ... Marcus Aemilius Scaurus (born circa 163 BC – died 88 BC) was a Roman politician. ...


By the time of her birth, Scaurus was around 70 and, as princeps senatus, the speaker of the Senate, was one of the most important politicians of Rome. After her father's death, Aemilia was raised by her mother's second husband Lucius Cornelius Sulla, who took care of her education and fortune. The princeps senatus (plural principes senatus) was the leader of the Roman senate. ... The Roman Senate (Latin: Senatus) was the main governing council of both the Roman Republic, which started in 509 BC, and the Roman Empire. ... For other uses, see Rome (disambiguation). ... Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix (Latin: L•CORNELIVS•L•F•P•N•SVLLA•FELIX)[1] (ca. ...


Sulla also used his stepdaughter for political alliances. In 82 BC, Aemilia was married and pregnant by a man who dared to criticize the dictator's conduct. Sulla was most displeased and forced the divorce. Immediately afterwards, Aemilia was married to Gnaeus Pompey Magnus, while still pregnant by her first husband. This marriage boosted Pompey's political career because Aemilia was an aristocratic patrician, while he was from a recent senatorial family. Aemilia died in childbirth shortly afterwards. Marble bust of Pompey the Great Pompey or Pompey the Great (Classical Latin: CN·POMPEIVS·CN·F·SEX·N·MAGNVS¹, Gnaeus or Cnaeus Pompeius Magnus) (September 29, 106 BC – September 29, 48 BC), was a distinguished military and political leader of the late Roman republic. ...


Via Aemilia Scaura is a Roman road built by Marcus Aemilius Scaurus. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Via Aemilia Scauri. ... Not to be confused with Romans road. ... Marcus Aemilius Scaurus (born circa 163 BC – died 88 BC) was a Roman politician. ...


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Sulla, now the dictator in absolute control of the city, forced the divorce of Aemilia Scaura, his pregnant stepdaughter from her husband to marry his young ally.
Pompey was only happy to divorce Antistia, a provincial matrona and take the patrician Aemilia.
The young Pompey was placed high within Sulla's ranks, even so far as among his private council.
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