Mamercus Aemilius Scaurus

Mamercus Aemilius Scaurus was a Roman rhetorician, poet and senator, son of Marcus Aemilius Scaurus. He was a member of the senate in 14 AD at the time of Tiberius' accession to the throne.

He first married Aemilia Lepida. Later he married Sextia. He was consul in 21 AD.

His utterances that he hoped Tiberius would no longer hesitate, caused a painful silence from the side of Tiberius^a).

He put an end to his life after he was accused of majestas in 34 AD.

Brief bibliography

TACITUS, Annales: I-VI, trad. comm. M.A. WES, ‘s Hertogenbosch, 1999, p. 383.

References

• William Smith and Charles Anthon A New Classical Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography, Mythology and Geography V2

Ancient sources

^a) Ann. I 13.4.