Talk:Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (executed 39)

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The first sentence here: "Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, or Marcus Aemilius L.f. Lepidus (6-39, executed by Caligula), was the son of Julia the Younger (a granddaughter of the Emperor Augustus) by her husband Lucius Aemilius Paullus consul 1, of a distinguished and ancient patrician family." is incorrect. This particular Marcus Aemilius Lepidus was the son of a father with the exact same name. I cannot find his mother's name but she is probably not part of the Julio-Claudian family. The family tree in this link [1] illustrates this. The family tree in Barrett's Caligula: Corruption of Power also agrees with the one in the link. Spacekraken (talk) 00:50, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

I re-wrote the article because the original appeared to be based on a mistaken identification of Lepidus' father. I removed the portions regarding him being a cousin of Drusilla since as far as I can tell, Augustus was his great-grand uncle so Drusilla was not his first or second cousin but his third cousin, if that's even correct. There could be an adoption I'm overlooking; this tree is so intertwined. I removed excess information that can be found in the respective biographies to which this article links such as Drusilla's cause of death. I also added more detail on his life. Spacekraken (talk) 05:19, 10 January 2008 (UTC)