Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

PAPI1623 C. Papirius (33) C. f. Carbo

Status

  • Nobilis Expand

    Cic. De Orat. 3.20.74

Life Dates

  • 163?, birth (Sumner Orators) Expand

    Sumner R58.

  • 119, exiled (Kelly 2006) Expand

    Exile? Kelly no. 11.

  • 119, death - violent (Broughton MRR I) Expand

    Suicide. MRR, Kelly no. 11, Alexander no. 30.

Relationships

son of
? C. Papirius (32) Carbo (pr. 168) (Brennan 2000)
brother of
M. Papirius (39) Carbo (pr.? c. 114) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. fam. IX 21.3

Cn. Papirius (37) C. f. Carbo (cos. 113) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. fam. IX 21.3

father of
C. Papirius (40) C. f. Carbo Arvina (pr. before 82) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. Brut. 222, Val. Max. III 7.6

Career

  • Tribunus Plebis? 131 (Thommen 1989) Expand
    • p. 257-63 (Thommen 1989)
  • Triumvir Agris Iudicandis Assignandis 130 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • After the deaths of Ap. Claudius and Crassus Mucianus (see 133-130), Fulvius Flaccus and Carbo succeeded to their places (CIL 1 .2.643-644; Liv. Per. 59; Vell. 2.6.4; Plut. CG 10.3; App. BC 1.18; Obseq. 28a; Auct. Vir. Ill. 65.4, with confusion of the names of Carbo and Crassus). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Tribunus Plebis? 130 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Carbo's tribunate must be dated between Scipio's return to Rome in 132 and his death in 129. Cicero has Laelius refer to it as recent (Lael. 96, dramatio date 129). According to Fraccaro (Stud. Età Gracch. 440, note 2) the order of events in Liv. Per. 59 favors 130 over 131, since mention of Perperna (Cos. 130), of the completion of the lustrum (130), and the quarrel of Metellus the Cen{504}sor and Atinius Labeo (131) all precede the mention of Carbo. Münzer (RE) favors 131, as soon as possible after Scipio's return from Spain (Val. Max. 6.2.3). (Broughton MRR I)
    • As Tribune in 131 or 130 he took the Gracchan side and demanded a public expression of opinion regarding Tiberius Gracchus from Scipio Aemilianus (Cic. De Or. 2.106, 170; Mil. 8; Off. 2.43; Val. Max. 6.2.3; Vell. 2.4.4; Plut. TG 21; Apophth. Scip. Min. 22-23; Auct. Vir. Ill. 58.8). He proposed a bill to permit repetition of the tribunate (Cic. Lael. 96; De Or. 2.170; Liv. Per. 59), and secured passage of one to extend voting by ballot to legislative comitia (Cic. Leg. 3.35; cf. Lael. 41; De Or. 2.170). See also FOR 2.15-17, 115f., 130; Cic. Brut. 103; Fam. 9.21.3; and Lübker no. 1. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Cos. 120. Tr. Pl. 130. Sumner (Orators 58-59) offers this definite date on the basis of the order in Liv. Per. 59. (Broughton MRR III)
    • p. 257-63 (Thommen 1989)
  • Triumvir Agris Iudicandis Assignandis 129 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Protests from the allies led Scipio Africanus to sponsor a measure to transfer the judicial functions of the commission to the Consul (App. BC 1.18-19; cf. FOR 1.120f., 240f.). Carbo and C. Gracchus, members of the commission, were suspected of responsibility for Scipio's sudden death (Cic. QF 2.3.3; De Or. 2.170; Mil. 16; Fat. 18; Fam. 9.21.3; Plut. CG 10.3-5). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Triumvir Agris Dandis Assignandis 128 (Broughton MRR I)
  • Triumvir Agris Dandis Assignandis 127 (Broughton MRR I)
  • Triumvir Agris Dandis Assignandis 125 (Broughton MRR I)
  • Triumvir Agris Dandis Assignandis 124 (Broughton MRR I)
  • Praetor before 122 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • The latest dates possible for their praetorships under the Lex Villia. On Papirius, see Lübker no. 1. (Broughton MRR I)
    • p. 739, footnote 127 (Brennan 2000)
  • Triumvir Agris Dandis Assignandis 123 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Carcopino (Autour des Gracques 277) believes that the Gracchan commission continued to function and, since he places the Rubrian law in 123, resolves the discrepancy between Appian (BC 1.23) and Plutarch (CG 10.3; 11.2) by having Fulvius go to Africa as a member of the commission in 123 and then stay in Rome while Gracchus in turn went to Africa in 122 (see 122, Tribunes of the Plebs). But it is probable that special commissions would be appointed for specific colonies; and it is not clear that the commission established by Tiberius Gracchus was involved. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Triumvir Agris Dandis Assignandis 122 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Cf. Plut. CG 10.2; 11.2; App. BC 1.24; but see also on Triumviri coloniis deducendis. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Triumvir Coloniis Deducendis? 121 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • See below; and Lübker no. 1. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Triumvir Agris Dandis? 121 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • CIL 1 .2.696- ILS 28; see CIL 1(2).2, p. 726; Cichorius, Röm. Stud. 113-117. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Triumvir Coloniis Deducendis? 121 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • A fragmentary inscription found at Carthage preserves portions of the names of these three men who were active on some commission in Africa in this period. Cichorius (Röm. Stud. 113-117) suggests that they were members of the Gracchan land commission which continued in existence until the socalled Lex Thoria (App. BC 1.27), with Galba and Bestia the members appointed after the deaths of Fulvius and Gracchus (see 130, Special Com{523}missions). Gelzer (Gnomon 5 [1929] 656f.) expresses the belief that these were a special African commission, a more probable view. The terminus ante quem is set by Carbo's death in 119, unless indeed the name restored here should be that of one of his brothers, Gnaeus, Consul 113, and Marcus, Pr. in Sicily in an unknown year. See also Carcopino, Autour des Gracques 134f., 163; Merlin, Inscriptions latines de la Tunisie no. 892. (Broughton MRR I)
    • CIL 1 .2.696- ILS 28; see CIL 1(2).2, p. 726; Cichorius, Röm. Stud. 113-117. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Triumvir Agris Dandis? 121 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • See below; and Lübker no. 1. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Consul 120 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Cic. Brut. 105; Fast. Ant., Degrassi 162f. (P. Manili. [- - - -]n., C. P[api]ri. Ca[rbo]); Chr. 354 (Manilio et Balbo); Fast. Hyd. (Manilio et Carba), so also Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod., P. Manlius. See Degrassi 126, 472f. Papirius defended Opimius, who was charged by the Tribune Decius with punishing Romans uncondemned, and secured his acquittal (FOR 2.17, and 116f.; Cic. De Or. 2.106, cf. 132, 135, 165, 167, and 170; Brut. 103, and 128; Sest. 140; Liv. Per. 61). On Papirius, see Lübker no. 1; and on his filiation, CIL 1 .2.643- ILS 25. (Broughton MRR I)
    • No other Princeps Senatus is known between Lentulus and Scaurus, the Consul of 115. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Triumvir Agris Dandis Assignandis? 120 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Lübker no. 1. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Triumvir Agris Dandis Assignandis 119 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Committed suicide when condemned this year (on a charge of either maiestas or repetundae) with the youthful Crassus as prosecutor (Cic. Brut. 103; 159; De Or. 1.40, and 154; 2.170; 3.74; Verr. 2.3.3; Off. 1.47; Fam. 9.21.3; Val. Max. 3.7.6; 6.5.6; Tac. Dial. 34). The commission probably continued in existence until the passage of the so-called Lex Thoria (App. BC 1.27; see 111, Tribunes of the Plebs).{527} (Broughton MRR I)

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