High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus (c. 229 BC – 160 BC) was a two-time consul of the Roman Republic and a noted general who conquered Macedon putting an end to the Antigonid dynasty. Velleius Paterculus reported the general praise that he was both "the author and admirer of liberal studies" and "competent in both war and studies".