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PAPI2011 C. Papirius (34) (Cn. f.) Carbo

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Life Dates

• 80, death - violent (Broughton MRR II) Expand

  Murdered in mutiny.

Relationships

son of

? M. Papirius (39) Carbo (pr.? c. 114) (Zmeskal 2009)

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

brother of

? Cn. Papirius (A) Carbo (son of? M. Papirius (39) Carbo (pr.? c. 114)) (Zmeskal 2009)

Cn. Papirius (38) Cn. f. C. n. Carbo (cos. 85) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. fam. IX 21.3, Val. Max. IX 7

married to

? Rubria (25) (married to? C. Papirius (34) (Cn. f.) Carbo (pr.? 81)) (Zmeskal 2009)

father of

? C. Papirius (35) Carbo (pr. 62) (Zmeskal 2009)

Career

• Tribunus Plebis 89 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
  • To this Carbo is attributed the law to introduce the semiuncial as (Plin. NH 33.46; Mommsen, RMW 338f.; Grueber, CRRBM 1.241, coins inscribed E. L. P. and L. P. D. A. P.). See Val. Max. 9.7.3; Gran. Lic. 39B; and below, on the Lex Plautia Papiria. On the identification of Carbo, see 90, Tribunes of the Plebs and note 8; and Münzer, RE. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Tr. Pl. 89 Or 88. See MRR 2.34. Rather than "superseding other legislation regarding new citizens," such as the Lex Iulia of 90 (MRR 2.25), the Lex Plautia Papiria settled the status of those enrolled (adscripti) in allied states who made a declaration before a praetor within sixty days (see Cic. Arch. 7), and thus supplemented the general law (Sherwin-White, Roman Citizenship 132ff.). Note that this meant any praetor, not just the praetor urbanus (Badian, Studies 75-77). Badian has shown that the date of the law, that is, whether it was passed early or late in 89, determines whether these tribunes, and the praetors concerned with its administration, Q. Metellus Pius (98), Ap. Claudius Pulcher (296), and P. Gabinius (13) (MRR 2.33), should be dated to 89 or 88 (Badian, Studies 75- 77). See L. R. Taylor, VDRR 243, and MAAR 24, 1956, 9-30; and now A, Keaveney and J. Madden, Eranos 81, 1983, 47-51, strongly in favor of dating these praetorships to 89; cf. CS 19, 1982, 499-544, esp. 502-507. (Broughton MRR III)
  • p. 257-63 (Thommen 1989)
• Praetor? 81 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
  • An ex-Praetor when besieging Volaterrae in 80 (Gran. Lic. 39B). As he supported Sulla he could hardly have attained the office before 81. Cf. Cic. Fam. 9.21.3. (Broughton MRR II)
  • p. 748, footnote 300 (Brennan 2000)
• Legatus (Lieutenant)? 80 Italia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
  • In command of Sulla's troops besieging Volaterrae when killed in a mutiny (Gran. Lic. 39B; Val. Max. 9.7.3). (Broughton MRR II)

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