Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

PAPI0389 L. Papirius (51) Cursor

Status

  • Patrician
  • Nobilis Expand

    Liv. 9.34.6 (all censors between lex Aemilia and 310 "nobilissimi... viri")

Relationships

grandfather of
L. Papirius (52) Sp. f. L. n. Cursor (cos. 320) (RE)

Career

  • Censor 393 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Beloch (RG 80) doubts this censorship on the basis of Festus (500 L), but Dion. Hal. mentions a census two years before the capture of Rome by the Gauls and Pliny lists the number of citizens of that period. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Liv. 5.31.6, cf. 9.34.20-21; and Dion. Hal. 1.74.6; Fast. Cap. ([- - -Iul]ius Sp. f. Vopisci n. I[- - -]); Plin. NH 33.16; Fest. 500 L; Degrassi 30f., 100, 386f. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Tribunus Militum Consulari Potestate 387 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • According to Diod. there were six Military Tribunes. Of these Livy preserves the names of five, and besides these the Mss of Diod. yield, with variations from one to another, the names given in addition above (CIL 1(2), p. 121, Degrassi 391). The names of Sergius (Servilius in Diod.), Aemilius, and Menenius (see Conway and Walters ad loc.) are confirmed by Fast. Cap. on 380 (Degrassi 32f., 102, 392). Degrassi (101) suggests for the sixth Tribune either L. Cornelius - f. - n. or A. Manlius - f. - n. The numeral tertium (Livy 6.21) after the name of A. Manlius, Mil. Tr. c. p. 383, favors accepting Cornelius here, since Manlius held office in 389 and 385. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Liv. 6.5.7; Diod. 15.24.1; Chr. 354 (Cursore et Lanato); Degrassi 101, 390f. Four new tribes were created out of former territory of Veii (Liv. 6.5.8). On Valerius, see Münzer, Gent. Val. 36 no. 6. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Tribunus Militum Consulari Potestate 385 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Diod. states that there were only four Military Tribunes, and the confused Mss tradition yields the following words: {Gr}; see CIL 1(2), p. 123; Degrassi{102} 391. Livy reports only five names, but as Sergius was in his first Military Tribunate in 387 and in his third in 380 (Liv. 6.27.2; Fast. Cap. on 380), and the other intervening colleges are complete, his name may be supplied here (see Conway and Walters on Liv. 6.11.10). Degrassi also suggests L. Papirius Mugillanus who was Mil. Tr. c. p. for the second time in 380. He may however be the L. Papirius listed in 382, if Sp. Papirius of that year may be assigned the cognomen Crassus found in Chr. 354. This seems a probable solution since L. Papirius Crassus, Mil. Tr. c. p. 368, is listed in Fast. Cap. as Sp. f. These considerations favor placing Sergius Fidenas Coxo's second Military Tribunate in 385. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Liv. 6.11.1; Diod. 15.28.1; Chr. 354 (Capitolino et Cincinnato); Degrassi 101, 390f. On T. Quinctius, see Lübker no. 5. (Broughton MRR I)

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