For Aulius Livy prefers Aemilius, but notes that the name is found in some annals, and describes him as Consul iterum in 319. Diod. has {Gr}, and Cassiod., Q. Aelius. The name is given in Fast. Cap. for 319, Degrassi 36f., 109. See under 319, and also Liv. 9.15.11, and 22.4. The cognomen Cerretanus is not found in the Aemilian gens. (Broughton MRR I)
Liv. 8.37.2-3; Diod. 18.26.1; Chr. 354 (Lanto II et Ceretano); Fast. Hyd. (Longo et Ceretano); Chr. Pasc. ({Gr}); Cassiod. (C. Sulpicius et Q. Aelius); Degrassi, 108, 414f. Aulius held command in Apulia, and Sulpicius in Samnium (Liv. 8.37.3-6). (Broughton MRR I)
Livy found a version making L. Papirius Mugillanus a Consul of this year (cf. Chr. 354). Mommsen rejected him in favor of Cursor and has been proved correct for Fast. Cap. by the fragment in Degrassi 36f. See CIL 1(2), p. 32, and Degrassi 109. No other Mugillanus appears in the consular lists after 380. See 426, note 1. Aulius appears in Diod. as {Gr}. (Broughton MRR I)
Liv. 9.15.11; Diod. 18.58.1; Fast. Cap. (L. Papirius [Sp. f. L. n. Curs]or III, Q. Aulius Q. f. Q. [n. Cerretanus II]); Chr. 354 (Murillano III, et Cerritano); Fast. Hyd. (Papino et Gaeretano); Chr. Pasc. ({Gr}); Cassiod.; Degrassi, 36f., 109, 416f. Aulius captured Ferentinum, while Papirius won Satricum, and according to the sources that had him in command at Luceria in 320, celebrated a triumph (Liv. 9.16; Act. Tr., Degrassi 70f., 542; Eutrop. 2.9; Auct. Vir. Ill. 31.4; Oros. 3.15.10; cf. FGrH 2 B, no. 255, p. 1156, line 16). On Papirius, see Lübker no. 9. (Broughton MRR I)
Though he has no explanation to offer of the praenomen AI., Degrassi (109f.) feels that it is sufficient to distinguish this Q. Aulius from the Consul of 323 and 319. (Broughton MRR I)
Fast. Cap. According to Livy's main source he fell in battle with the Samnites at Saticula; but in another, which Diod. followed, he fell at Lautulae (Liv. 9.22-25; Diod. 19.72.6-7; Fast. Cap., Degrassi 36f., 109f., 418f.). (Broughton MRR I)