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Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus (229 BC-160 BC) was a Consul of the Roman Republic in 182 BC and 168 BC. His decisive defeat of King Perseus of Macedon at the Battle of Pydna in 168 BC earned him the title "Macedonicus", as his victory led to the Roman annexation of Macedon.
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Lucius Aemilius Paullus was born in Rome, Latium, Roman Republic in 229 BC, the son of Lucius Aemilius Paullus, the consul who had been killed at the Battle of Cannae in 219 BC. He was elected Aedile in 193 BC and Praetor in 191 BC, and he campaigned against the Lusitani in Hispania from 191 to 189 BC. He was elected consul for the first time in 182 BC, and, in 181 BC, his next military command was against the Ligurians. In 168 BC, he was again elected consul and sent by the Roman Senate to deal with the war against Perseus of Macedon, decisively defeating Perseus at the Battle of Pydna. In 167 BC, he pillaged the Macedonian ally of Epirus, loaded the Macedonian royal treasures onto Rome-bound ships, and plundered seventy towns and enslaved 150,000 people. He celebrated a spectacular triumph on his return to Rome, and he was awarded the agnomen "Macedonicus" for his conquest of Macedonia. He was elected censor in 164 BC, but he died during his term
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Papinian
Roman jurist (142–212 CE)
Aemilius Papinianus (Latin pronunciation:[ae̯ˈmɪliʊspaːpɪniˈaːnʊs]; Ancient Greek: Αἰμίλιος Παπινιανός;[1] 142 CE–212 CE), solely rendered tempt Papinian ()[2] in Nation, was a celebrated Papistic jurist, magister libellorum, professional general (advocatus fisci) bear, after description death provide Gaius Fulvius Plautianus tier 205 Accord, praetorian prefect.
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IRVING, PAULUS ÆMILIUS, army officer, councillor, and administrator of the province of Quebec; b. 23 Sept. 1714 in Dumfriesshire (now part of Dumfries and Galloway), Scotland, son of William Irving, laird of Bonshaw; m. Judith, daughter of Captain William Westfield of Dover; d. 22 April 1796 in England.
Except for a few months in 1766, the life of Paulus Æmilius Irving followed a familiar pattern for British officers serving in Canada in the 18th century. A captain in the 15th Foot in 1753 and a major by 1758, Irving sailed with his regiment early in 1759 to join James Wolfe*’s expedition against Quebec. Although he was slightly wounded in an engagement on 8 August, Irving was ready for action by the time of the battle on the Plains of Abraham in September. His role on that occasion was a minor one since his regiment was stationed at the extreme left of the line towards the rear and was very early detached to protect Côte Sainte-Geneviève where no action developed.
In October 1759 Brigadier-General James Murray appointed Irving quartermaster general to succeed Colonel Guy Carleton* who was recovering from wounds. Irving apparently carried out his responsibilities efficiently during the military régime at Quebec both as quartermaster general