Lucius Aemilius Paullus 216 BC was a Roman Republic Roman general. He was consul twice,in 219 BC 219 and 216 BC.

The first time he served as consul, he defeated Demetrius of Pharos in the Second Illyrian War. During the Second Punic War, he was made consul a second time, and was killed in the Roman defeat at the Battle of Cannae. He was the father of Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus, and his daughter Aemilia Tertia married the elder Scipio Africanus. Demetrius of Pharos (or Demetrius of Pharus) betrayed Corcyra to Rome, in 229 BC, during the First Illyrian War, after which he ruled a portion of the Illyrian Adriatic coast. ... The Second Illyrian War was a war between the Roman Empire and the Illyrians that lasted from 220 to 219 BC. Demetrius of Pharos was defeated in the First Illyrian War in 229 BC and his reign of terror and piracy in the Adriatic subsided for ten years. ... The Second Punic War was fought between Carthage and Rome from 218 to 202 BC. It was the second of three major wars fought between the former Phoenician colony of Carthage, and the Roman Republic, then still confined to the Italian Peninsula. ... Combatants Carthage Roman Republic Commanders Hannibal Lucius Aemilius Paullus† Gaius Terentius Varro Strength 30,000 heavy infantry 6,000 light infantry 8,000 cavalry 86,400—87,000 men (sixteen Roman and Allied Legions) Casualties About 16,700 killed and wounded Perhaps 50,000-60,000 killed, 10,000 captured... Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus (229 BC-160 BC) was a Roman general and politician. ... Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major (Latin: P·CORNELIVS·P·F·L·N·SCIPIO·AFRICANVS) (236 - 183 BC) was a general in the Second Punic War and statesman of the Roman Republic. ...