Papirier
The Gens Papiria ( gentile name Papirius , German Papirier ) was an important old Roman family . One of the 16 ancient land tribes was named after an older form of their name, Papisius . Early on in the 5th / 4th Century BC Different patrician branches, the Crassi, Cursores and Mugillani. In the third century BC, the Masones were added. The various branches of the family were instrumental in the success of the Roman Republic, but all died in the second century BC at the latest. Or became politically insignificant. The younger, plebeian branch of the Carbones rose in the second half of the second century BC. Chr. On. The representatives of the family were notorious for being on the side of the Populares and for pursuing politics that were friendly to Gracchen . Cicero has handed down a brief family history of the Papirii, which he wrote for his friend and correspondent Lucius Papirius Paetus .
Significant representatives of the family with the gentile name Papirius are:
Roman Republic
- Lucius Papirius (consular tribune)
- Lucius Papirius (Believer)
- Lucius Papirius (Praetor)
- Quintus Papirius
- Gaius Papirius Carbo (Praetor 168 BC)
- Gaius Papirius Carbo (father) († 119 BC), Roman politician and orator
- Gaius Papirius Carbo (son) († 82 BC), Roman politician
- Gnaeus Papirius Aelianus (consul 157) , Roman suffect consul 157
- Gnaeus Papirius Carbo (consul 113 BC) , Roman politician
- Gnaeus Papirius Carbo (consul 85 BC) (~ 135 BC – 82 BC), Roman politician
- Marcus Papirius Carbo
- Lucius Papirius Crassus (Consul 436 BC) , Roman politician, Consul 436 BC BC and maybe 430 BC Chr.
- Lucius Papirius Crassus (consular tribune 368 BC) , Roman politician
- Lucius Papirius Crassus (consul 336 BC) , Roman politician, dictator 340 BC And consul 336 BC BC and 330 BC Chr.
- Lucius Papirius Crassus (censor) , Roman politician, censor 318 BC. Chr.
- Lucius Papirius Cursor (consul 326 BC) , Roman dictator and from 326 BC Chr. Consul
- Lucius Papirius Cursor (consul 293 BC) , Roman consul from 293 BC Chr.
- Gaius Papirius Maso (consul) , Roman politician, consul 231 BC. Chr.
- Gaius Papirius Maso (Decemvir) († 213 BC), Roman priest
- Lucius Papirius Maso
- Lucius Papirius Mugillanus
- Marcus Aurelius Papirius Dionysius , Roman jurist and prefect of Egypt
- Marcus Papirius Mugillanus
- Lucius Papirius Paetus
- Lucius Papirius Praetextatus
- Gaius Papirius Turdus , tribune 177 BC Chr.
Roman Imperial Era
- Gaius Vibius Celer Papirius Rufus , Roman officer (imperial era)
- Gnaeus Papirius Aelianus (Consul 157) , Roman consul suffect
- Gnaeus Papirius Aelianus (Consul 184) , Roman consul
- Gnaeus Papirius Aelianus Aemilius Tuscillus
- Papirius Fabianus
- Papirius Fronto
- Papirius Iustus
- Papirius Paullinus, probably Procurator of the Roman Emperor Hadrian in the province of Asia
- Papirius Socrates
literature
- Karl-Ludwig Elvers among others: Papirius. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 9, Metzler, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-476-01479-7 , Sp. 289-296.