AEMI0676 Q. Aemilius (112) Cn. f. L. n. Papus

Status

  • Patrician

Career

  • Consul 282 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Dion. Hal. 19.13.2; Fast. Cap. ([- - - -] Papus; on the names, see 278); Chr. 354 (Luscino et Labo); Fast. Hyd. (Lucio et Papo), so also Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod. (C. Fabricius et Q. Aemilius); Degrassi, 40f., 112, 428f. Fabricius defeated forces of Samnites, Bruttians, and Lucanians, relieved Thurii, celebrated a triumph (Dion. Hal. 19.13.2, and 16.6; Val. Max. 1.8.6; Plin. NH 9.118; 34.32; cf. Cic. Pis. 58; Liv. Per. 12; Act. Tr., Degrassi, 72f., 545; Strabo 6.1.13; App. Samn. 7; Amm. Marc. 24.4.24), and according to Dion. Hal. supplied Rhegium with the garrison that later seized the town (20.4; cf. Polyb. 1.7.6; Diod. 22.1.2). Aemilius campaigned in Etruria (Dion. Hal. 19.13.2), was probably the commander who defeated combined forces of Etruscans and Boii at Lake Vadimon (Polyb. 2.20; Frontin. Str. 1.2.7, near Populonia). (Broughton MRR I)
    • Cos. 282, 278. On his command against the Etruscans and the Boii, see MRR 1.189, and below, on M'. Curius Dentatus (9). (Broughton MRR III)
  • Legatus (Ambassador) 280 Apulia (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • On Aemilius Papus, note also the fragment of an Elogium published by Hülsen, Klio 2 (1902) 262f.; cf. MDAI (R) 20 (1905) 59; and Münzer in Hermes 40 (1905) 98. But Degrassi (Inscr. Ital. 13.3.63) favors Fabricius. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Sent to treat with Pyrrhus for the ransom of the prisoners taken at Heracleia (Cic. Brut. 55; Plut. Pyrr. 20.1; App. Samn. 10.4; Dio fr. 40.20, and Zon. 8.4, on Fabricius; Dion. Hal. 19.13-19; Plut. Pyrr. 20; cf. Ennius, Ann. 6.194ff. V; Cic. Off. 1.38; Liv. Per. 13; Val. Max. 4.3.6; Iustin. 18.1.10-11; Dio fr. 40.29-39, and Zon. 8.4; Eutrop. 2.12.3; Auct. Vir. Ill. 35.6). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Legatus (Ambassador) 279 Apulia (Broughton MRR I)
  • Consul 278 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Cic. Lael. 39; Fast. Cap. (names entire except [C. Fa]bricius); Chr. 354 (Luscino II et Pato II); Fast. Hyd.; Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; see Degrassi, 40f., 114, 430f. Fabricius revealed to Pyrrhus the treachery of a follower, either Cineas or a physician (Claud. Quad. fr. 40-41, and Val. Ant. fr. 21 Peter- Gell. 3.8.1-8; Cic. Off. 1.40; 3.86; Fin. 5.64; Liv. Per. 13; Liv. 24.45.3; 42.47.6; Val. Max. 6.5.1; Senec. Ep. 120.6; Frontin. Str. 4.4.2, cf. 1.4.1, on Papus (Paullus); Tac. Ann. 2.88; Plut. Pyrr. 21.1-3; Apophth. Fabr. 4-5; Flor. 1.13.21, Curius; Aelian Var. Hist. 12.33, Cineas; Eutrop. 2.14; Auct. Vir. Ill. 35.6; Amm. Marc. 30.1.21; Suid. 1.1.656, and 2.2.1403 B; Zon. 8.5; cf. Dion. Hal. 20.6; and Frontin. Str. 4.22; Gell. 1.14). He is credited with an attack on the Campanians in Rhegium (Dion. Hal. 20.5; App. Samn. 9.3) and a treaty with Heracleia (Cic. Balb. 50); and celebrated a triumph over Lucanians, Bruttians, Tarentines, and Samnites (Act. Tr., Degrassi, 72f., 546; Plin. NH 9.118; Eutrop. 2.14; cf. Liv. Per. 13; Val. Max. 1.8.6). (Broughton MRR I)
    • Both the attack on Rhegium and the treaty with Heracleia are accepted by Frank, CAH 7.650. On the first, see also 270, and on the second, 273. Cicero is not absolutely sure (putatur) of the date of the treaty. See Beloch, RG 464; and Weuilleumier, Tarente 131f. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Censor 275 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Cic. Lael. 39; Fast. Cap. (names entire), Degrassi, 40f., 114, 430f. Fabricius expelled the consular P. Cornelius Rufinus from the Senate for possessing ten pounds weight of silver vessels (Varro Vit. P. R. in Non. 465, 21; Dion. Hal. 20.13; Liv. Per. 14; Ovid Fast. 1.208; Val. Max. 2.9.4; Senec. Vit. Beat. 21.3; Epp. Mor. 98.13; Plin. NH 18.39; 33.142 and 153; Plut. Sull. 1.1; Gell. 17.21.39; Flor. 1.13.22; Ampel. 18.9; Tertull. Apol. 6; Augustin. Epp. 104.6; Schol. Iuv. 9.142; Zon. 8.6; cf. Fabius, fr. 20 Peter). (Broughton MRR I)