Quintus Aemilius Papus
Quintus Aemilius Papus (* around 320 BC; † after 275 BC) was a Roman consul and censor from the patrician family of the Aemilians .
282 BC Aemilius Papus was elected consul for the first time; his colleague was Gaius Fabricius Luscinus . In this office he led victorious campaigns against the Etruscans and Boier . 280 BC After the Battle of Heraclea , Aemilius Papus led negotiations with King Pyrrhos of Epirus together with Fabricius Luscinus and Publius Cornelius Dolabella . 278 BC BC he was again elected consul, again together with Fabricius Luscinus. During this term of office armed conflicts in southern Italy in the Pyrrhic War fall . After Pyrrhus retreated to Sicily, he refused to make peace with him.
275 BC He held the office of censor . In this office, too, Gaius Fabricius Luscinus was his colleague, with whom he was later named as an example of ancient Roman virtues.
literature
- Karl-Ludwig Elvers : Aemilius [I 30]. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 1, Metzler, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-476-01471-1 .
- Hans-Georg Gundel : Aemilius I. 21. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 1, Stuttgart 1964, Col. 92.
- Elimar Klebs : Aemilius 112 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, Col. 576.
Remarks
- ^ Dionysius of Halicarnassus 19, 13, 1 ( English translation ).
- ↑ Marcus Tullius Cicero , Laelius de Amicitia 39 ; Valerius Maximus 4, 4, 3 .
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| SURNAME | Aemilius Papus, Quintus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Papus, Quintus Aemilius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman consul and censor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 275 BC Chr. |