Lucius Papirius Crassus (consul 436 BC)
Lucius Papirius Crassus was a
He belonged to the ancient Papiria gens, and more specifically to a relatively new branch of the Papiria known as the Crassi. The branch had first reached the consulship in 441 BC under the presumed brother of Lucius, a Manius Papirius Crassus. Another brother or relative would reach the consulship in 430 BC, Gaius Papirius Crassus.[2]
Career
Papirius was elected consul in 436 BC together with
Papirius was elected as censor in 430 BC together with a Publius Pinarius (possibly Lucius Pinarius Mamercus). The censors enacted several fines which were so severe that the consuls passed a law allowing fines to be paid in coins instead of livestock.[8][9][10]
Conflicting identity
The different ancient sources covering the year 430 BC are in disagreement in regards to the identity of both the consuls and the censors of this year. The two consuls are traditionally identified as
If this is the case, then another conflict arises, as he can not both be one of the consuls and one of the censors in 430 BC. The censors of 430 BC are named as Lucius Papirius and Publius Pinarius by both Cicero and Livy. As the other known Lucii Papirii (Lucius Papirius Mugillanus and Lucius Papirius Mugillanus) active in this period either held the censorship previously (443 BC) or would go on to hold it (418 BC) and the first and only known repeated censor is Gaius Marcius Rutilus Censorinus (censor in 294 and 265 BC); thus making Lucius Papirius Crassus the consul of 436 BC the most likely choice of censor. [16][17][18]
See also
- Papiria gens – Ancient Roman family
References
- ^ Broughton, Magistrates of the Roman Republic, 1951, vol i, pp.60, 64
- ^ Broughton, vol i
- Ab Urbe Condita, iv, 21.1-21.4
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica, xii, 46.1
- ^ Cassiodorus, Chronica
- ^ Chronograph of 354
- ^ Broughton, vol i, pp.60
- ^ Cicero, De republica, ii, 60
- ^ Livy, iv, 30.3
- ^ Broughton, vol i, pp.64
- ^ Cicero, Rep. ii, 60
- ^ Livy, iv, 30.1-30.3
- ^ Cassiodorus
- ^ Diodorus, xii, 72.1
- ^ Broughton, vol i, pp.64
- ^ Cicero, Rep. ii, 60
- ^ Livy, iv, 30.3
- ^ Broughton, vol i, pp.53-54, 64, 72