Fictional Depictions
- He has a minor role in the Shakespeare play Julius Caesar, in which he is called "a slight, unmeritable man". He also appears in Antony and Cleopatra, in which he is a passive associate of Octavian, and gets very drunk with Antony and Sextus Pompey.
- The triumvir Marcus Aemilius Lepidus is the principal character of Alfred Duggan's 1958 historical novel Three's Company. As the novel's title implies, it is centered on the second triumvirate, but relates the period through the lens of Lepidus' life and experiences.
- In the BBC/HBO series Rome, Lepidus is portrayed by Ronan Vibert, although much of his involvement in the 2nd Triumvirate is not included in the series' plots. He is portrayed as an inadequate rival for the powerhouses of Octavian and Antony.
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