Papius

Pāpĭus, i, m.,

• the name of a Roman gens.—
• • • 1 C. Papius, a tribune of the people, the originator of the lex Papia de peregrinis exterminandis, Cic. Off. 3, 11, 47.—
    • 2 M. Papius Mutilus, a consul, who, together with his colleague, Poppaeus, passed, in the reign of Augustus, the lex Papia Poppaea, for the promotion of marriages, Tac. A. 2, 32; 3, 25; 28; Suet. Claud. 23; id. Ner. 10; Aus. Epigr. 89.—
    • 3 Papia, wife of Oppianicus, Cic. Clu. 9, 27.
• —Hence, Pāpĭus, a, adj., of or belonging to the gens Papia: Papia tribus, Inscr. Grut. 307, 7; 879, 6 et saep.

Pāpius, a, um, Name einer röm. gens, aus der am bekanntesten C. Papius, ein Volkstribun, Urheber der lex Papia de peregrinis exterminandis, Cic. de off. 3, 47. – M. Papius Mutilus, Konsul zu Augustus' Zeit, mit seinem Mitkonsul Poppaeus Urheber der lex Papia Poppaea über die Beförderung der Ehen, Tac. ann. 2, 32. – Papia, die Gattin des Oppianikus, Cic. Clu. 27. – Adi. papisch, lex (s. vorher), Cic. u.a.

Pāpĭus, (12) ĭī, m. , nom de famille : Cic. Off. 3, 47 ; Suet. Claud. 23 ; Tac. Ann. 2, 32.

Pa'pius

1. C. Papius, a tribune of the plebs B. C. 65, was the author of a law by which all peregrini were banished from Rome. This was the renewal of a similar law which had been proposed by M. Junius Pennus, in B. C. 126. The Papia lex also contained provisions respecting the punishment of those persons who had assumed the Roman franchise without having any claim to it (D. C. 37.9; Cic. de Off. 3.11, pro Balb. 23, pro Arch. 5, de Leg. Agr. 1.4, ad Att. 16). If we are to believe Valerius Maximus (3.4.5), this law must have been passed at a much earlier period, since he relates that the father of Perperna, who was consul B. C. 130, was accused under the Papia lex after the death of his son, because he had falsely assumed the rights of a Roman citizen. But since Dio Cassius (l.c.) expressly places the law in B. C. 65, and Cicero speaks of its proposer as a contemporary (de Off. 3.11), we may conclude that there is some mistake in Valerius Maximus.

Pa'pius

2. M. Papius Mutilus, consul suffectus in A. D. 9, with Q. Poppaeus Secundus. They gave their names to the well known Papia Poppaea lex, which was passed as a kind of supplement to the Lex Julia de Maritandis Ordinibus. Hence arose the title Lex Julia et Papia Poppaea, under which title its provisions are explained in the Dict. of Ant. The Papius Mutilus who is mentioned as a flatterer of Tiberius in the senate, A. D. 16, is probably the same as the consul of A. D. 9. (Tac. Ann. 2.16.)

Pa'pius

3. Papius Faustus, slain by the emperor Severus. (Spartian. Sever. 13.)

Pa'pius Mutilus

the commander in the Social War. [Mutilus.]