=Æmyliānus=, a name of Africanus the younger, son of Publius Æmylius. In him the families of the Scipios and Æmylii were united. Many of that family bore the same name. _Juvenal_, satire 8, li. 2. =Æmylii=, a noble family in Rome, descended from Æmylius the son of Ascanius. _Plutarch_ says, that they are descended from Mamercus the son of Pythagoras, surnamed Æmylius from the sweetness of his voice, in _Numa_ & _Aemilius Paulus_.――The family was distinguished in the various branches of the Lepidi, Mamerci, Mamercini, Barbulæ, Pauli, and Scauri. =Æmylius=, a beautiful youth of Sybaris, whose wife met with the same fate as Procris. _See:_ Procris.――――Censorinus, a cruel tyrant of Sicily, who liberally rewarded those who invented new ways of torturing. Paterculus gave him a brazen horse for this purpose, and the tyrant made the first experiment upon the donor. _Plutarch_, _de Fortuna Romanorum_.――――Lepidus, a youth who had a statue in the capitol, for saving the life of a citizen in a battle. _Valerius Maximus_, bk. 4, ch. 1.――――A triumvir with Octavius. _See:_ Lepidus. ――――Macer, a poet of Verona in the Augustan age. He wrote some poems upon serpents, birds, and, as some suppose, on bees. _See:_ Macer. ――――Marcus Scaurus, a Roman who flourished about 100 B.C., and wrote three books concerning his own life. _Cicero_, _Brutus_.――――A poet in the age of Tiberius, who wrote a tragedy called Atheus, and destroyed himself.――――Sura, another writer on the Roman year.―――― Mamercus, three times dictator, conquered the Fidenates, and took their city. He limited to one year and a half the censorship which before his time was exercised during five years. _Livy_, bk. 4, chs. 17, 19, &c.――――Papiniānus, son of Hostilius Papiniānus, was in favour with the emperor Severus, and was made governor to his sons Geta and Caracalla. Geta was killed by his brother, and Papiniānus, for upbraiding him, was murdered by his soldiers. From his school the Romans have had many able lawyers, who were called Papiniānists. ――――Pappus, a censor, who banished from the senate Publius Cornelius Ruffinus, who had been twice consul, because he had at his table 10 pounds of silver plate, A.U.C. 478. _Livy_, bk. 14.――――Porcina, an elegant orator. _Cicero_, _Brutus_.――――Rectus, a severe governor of Egypt under Tiberius. _Dio Cassius._――――Regillus, conquered the general of Antiochus at sea, and obtained a naval triumph. _Livy_, bk. 37, ch. 31.――――Scaurus, a noble but poor citizen of Rome. His father, to maintain himself, was a coal-merchant. He was edile, and afterwards pretor, and fought against Jugurtha. His son Marcus was son-in-law to Sylla, and in his edileship he built a very magnificent theatre. _Pliny_, bk. 36, ch. 15.――――A bridge at Rome, called also Sublicius. _Juvenal_, satire 6, li. 22.