General Notes

M. aemilius L. f. paulus, consul b. c. 302 with M. Livius Denter, defeated near Thuriae the Lacedemonian Cleonymus, who was ravaging the coast of Italy with a Greek fleet. In the follow­ing year, b. c. 301, in which year there were no consuls, Paulus was magister equitum to the dic­tator Q. Fabius Maximus Rullianus. While the dictator went to Rome for the purpose of renewing the auspices, Aemilius was defeated in battle by the Etruscans. (Liv. x. 1—3.) [Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology III:153]