Lucius Papirius Crassus (Consul 436 BC)

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Lucius Papirius Crassus was a politician of the early Roman Republic and 436 and perhaps 430 BC. Chr. Consul .

Life

Lucius Papirius Crassus came from the Roman lineage of the Papirs , namely their patrician branch, the Crassi . 436 BC BC he exercised the consulate together with Marcus Cornelius Maluginensis . According to the account of the Roman historian Titus Livius , the consuls carried out raids in the area of ​​the cities of Veii and Falerii as part of the Second War against Veji . However, they only took a few prisoners and drove away herds of cattle without major fighting taking place, as the enemies could not be seen in the open terrain and an epidemic raged among the Romans.

Whether Lucius Papirius Crassus six years later, 430 BC. BC, who held the consulate for the second time, is very insecure. The one consul of the year 430 BC BC is also referred to as Lucius Papirius Crassus by Livius , but given different first names by two other ancient authors: According to the Greek-Sicilian historian Diodorus, he carried the prenomen Gaius , according to the speaker Marcus Tullius Cicero, however, the prenomen Publius . In addition, no iteration number is appended to its name anywhere . The second consul from 430 BC Chr. Was called Lucius Iulius Iullus . A law (Lex Iulia Papiria de multarum aestimatione) was named after both consuls , through which the cattle fines of the Twelve Tables were converted into money. Livy also reports, among other things, that the Romans the Aequern 430 BC. Would have granted an eight-year armistice.

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Remarks

  1. ^ Livy 4:21 , 1 (which gives Papirius' full name); Diodorus 12, 46, 1 (who omits Papirius' cognomen); among others
  2. ^ Livy 4, 21, 1ff.
  3. ↑ Livy 4:30, 1.
  4. ↑ Diodor 12, 72, 1: Γάιος Παπίριος (without cognomen).
  5. ↑ Cicero, De re publica 2, 35, 60: Publius Papirius (without cognomen).
  6. ↑ Cicero, De re publica 2, 35, 60; Livy 4:30, 3.
  7. ↑ Livy 4:30, 1.
personal data
SURNAME Papirius Crassus, Lucius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Crassus, Lucius Papirius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman consul 436 and maybe 430 BC Chr.
DATE OF BIRTH 5th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 5th century BC Chr.