PAPI0585 L. Papirius (46) L. f. M. n. Crassus

Status

  • Patrician
  • Nobilis Expand

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

Career

  • Praetor? 332 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • L. Papirius Crassus, Cos. 336 and 330, who would normally be identified with this Praetor in a period when the praetorship frequently followed the consulship, was himself Praetor in 340. The other possibilities are L. Papirius Cursor, Cos. 326, 320, 319, 315, 313, and L. Papirius Crassus, Censor in 318. Cursor's praetorship is not otherwise attested, but if he held this praetorship we should have no evidence that the Censor of 318 ever held any curule office. Münzer (RE nos. 46 and 52) admits both possibilities. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Carried a bill to grant civitas sine suffragio to Acerrae (Liv. 8.17.12; cf. Vell. 1.14.4). See Lübker no. 6. (Broughton MRR I)
    • p. 725, footnote 3 (Brennan 2000)
  • Censor 318 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • The relation of these Censors, who are not named in Livy, to those of the previous year (also not named in Livy) is not stated. Livy however mentions the population registered by the Censors of this time, and the two new tribes. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Fast. Cap.; Fest. 120 L; Isid. Etym. 15.3.11; cf. Liv. 9.19.1-3, and 20.6. Maenius built the overhanging galleries known by his name (Fest.). See Degrassi 36f., 109, 416f.; on Papirius, Degrassi 108, on 330; and on the Maeniana, Boethius, Eranos 43 (1945) 89ff.; Lehman, AJPh 59 (1938) 280ff. (Broughton MRR I)