Marcus Aemilius Lepidus was the one who carried out the Triumvirate with Oktavianus and Antonius. What did you actually do? I don't think anyone can respond to that.
To be honest, he hasn't done anything in history.
The prestigious Aemilia family
Lepidus is from the prestigious Aemilia gens, who produced numerous consuls such as Small Scipio, and his father became a civilian from the middle of the group who initially belonged to the sect, and died on Sardinia after losing the battle with Pompey. Was a person.
Lepidus also participated in the Gallic expedition with Caesar who succeeded his father and became the representative of the common people, and after experiencing Platria etc., he was active in the battle of Pharsalus with Caesar, and also experienced the consul.
Caesar seemed to have tremendous trust in Lepidus, and when Caesar took office as a lifelong dictator, he appointed Magister Equitum, the de facto adjutant.
After the assassination of Caesar, he became the next Pontifex maximus of Caesar and was on the side of Antonius in the battle between Octavian and Antonius.
There may have been a grudge against Caesar who chose a young man he had never heard of in Lepidus as his successor. Antonius was a friend who spent time with the Gallic Wars, and probably had a special feeling.
Second Triumvirate
However, the common enemies are traitors such as Brutus and Cassius, and they are also common enemies, so Oktavianus, Antonius, and Lepidus started the Second Triumvirate following Caesar.
The second Triumvirate was to purge the Caesar assassins.
First, Cicero is raised to the Blood Festival, and gradually hunts down Caesar's assassins.
The principals, Cassius and Brutus, fled to the Orient, but were defeated by Octavianus and Antonius in the Battle of Philippi, and Lepidus did not participate in this, with Antonius in the west, Octavianus in the west, and Lepidus in North Africa. It was decided to rule.
Lepidus has a moderate image, but he was defeated by attacking Oktavianus while the sons of Octavianus and Pompey were fighting, and as a result, he was stripped of all official positions except the Pontifex maximus, and quietly in 13 BC. I took a breath.
Personal evaluation of Lepidus
Lepidus has only one advantage over other Roman warlords and politicians.
It was a natural death.
In the first century of civil war, many died in battle.
Caesar was assassinated, Pompey was in exile, Crassus was in Parthian, Crucero was purged, Brutus and Casius died, and Small Cato and Antonius were killed by the battlefield or purge.
He survived and fulfilled his natural life.
That is the achievement of Lepidus.