Aemilius Paulus

Plutarch

Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives, Vol. VI. Perrin, Bernadotte, translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1918.

At all events, when he sued for the first of the high offices in the state, the aedileship, he was elected over twelve competitors,[*](In 192 B.C.) all of whom, we are told, afterwards became consuls.