#and the pdfs of the roman papers make my laptop make horrible noises. and it's The Night

[catilinas]

poking mamercus aemilius lepidus livianus with a stick. if cato was engaged to his daughter aemilia lepida 'when he thought that he was old enough to marry' + probably before the servile war and so. i would guess 75 bce ish? maybe as late as 73? and the only spouse we Know of for mamercus is cornelia sulla. and cornelia sulla's previous husband was killed in 88. and as far as i know the date of her marriage to mamercus is Unknown. and sulla fucked off to fight mithridates in like 87. WHAT is the timeline here. like i dont see how aemilia lepida could be old enough to get married in 73 at the latest unless cornelia sulla and mamercus were married almost immediately after the death of cornelia's first husband. which. i guess?????? i can't remember what mamercus was doing in the mid 80s either which doesn't help. did he do well enough in the social war for sulla to want a marriage alliance or did that come later. but if mamercus only married cornelia after sulla's return to italy i think aemilia lepida must have had a mother who was Not cornelia. why am i pondering this at 1:14am you ask. because i was thinking about the cursed onion tree in a world where cato did marry aemilia lepida, who was also his half cousin.