Editing Lepidus (section)

==Family==
Lepidus was the son of [[Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (consul 78 BC)|Marcus Aemilius Lepidus]] (consul in 78 BC); his mother may have been a daughter of [[Lucius Appuleius Saturninus]]. His brother was [[Lucius Aemilius Lepidus Paullus]] (consul in 50). His father was the first leader of the revived [[populares]] faction after the death of [[Sulla]], and led an unsuccessful rebellion against the [[optimates]] in 78–77 (he was defeated just outside of Rome and fled to Sardinia where he died in 77).

Lepidus married [[Junia Secunda]], half-sister of [[Marcus Junius Brutus]] and sister of [[Marcus Junius Silanus (consul 25 BC)|Marcus Junius Silanus]], [[Junia Prima]] and [[Junia Tertia]], [[Gaius Cassius Longinus|Cassius Longinus]]'s wife. Lepidus and Junia Secunda had at least one child, [[Marcus Aemilius Lepidus Minor|Marcus Aemilius Lepidus the Younger]].