HISTORICAL PERSONAGES
 
   

Name

Marcus Aemilius Lepidus

Activity

Roman politician

Notes

He gives his name to Regium Lepidi, founded in 175 B.C., the year of his second consulship and of the definitive victory on the Ligurians.

 

 

Name

Publius Mutius Scaevola

Activity

Roman politician

Notes

He came from an ancient senatorial family and took part, together with Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, to the military operations that broke down the Ligurian resistance in the Cisalpine Gaul, in 175 B.C.

 

 

Name

Marcus Junius Brutus

Activity

Roman politician

Notes

When Sulla dies, in 78 B.C., he joins the noblemen of the Senate; he is thus sent to Cisalpine Gaul where he surrenders to Pompeius, before being killed near Reggio Emilia, in the year 77 B.C.

 

 

Name

Saint Prosper

Activity

Clergyman

Notes

He was bishop of the town between the end of the IV and the beginning of the V cent. A.D. and beloved by the congregation, both as a clergyman and a theologian.