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	Papinian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Papinian (Aemilius Papinianus) (died AD 212), was a Roman jurist, magister libellorum and afterwards praetorian prefect under Septimius Severus.
		Papinian tried to keep peace between the brothers, but this only excited the hatred of Caracalla, and who ordered his murder in the general slaughter of Geta's friends which followed the fratricide of AD 212.
		He was perhaps a Syrian by birth, for he is said to have been a kinsman of Severus's second wife, Julia Domna; that he studied law with Severus under Scaevola is asserted in an interpolated passage in the Historia Augusta.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Papinian (261 words)

	AllRefer.com - Papinian (Law, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		He was a close friend of the Roman emperor Septimius Severus, under whom he was libellorum magister [master of the rolls] and later Praetorian prefect; but Severus' son Caracalla had Papinian put to death for reasons that are obscure.
		Papinian was a jurist of enormous erudition, perhaps the greatest figure in Roman law, and a stern moralist.
		If they were not unanimous the majority was to prevail, but, in case of equal division, the opinion of Papinian was to decide.
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	PAPINIAN - LoveToKnow Article on PAPINIAN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Papinian tried to keep peace between the brothers, but with no better result than to excite the hatred of Caracalla, to which he fell a victim in the general slaughter of Getas friends which followed the fratricide of AD 212.
		The details are variously related, and have undergone legendary embellishment, but the murder of Papinian, which took place under Caracallas own eyes, was one of the most disgraceful crimes of that tyrant.
		He was perhaps a Syrian by birth, for he is said to have been a kinsman of Severuss second wife, Julia Domna; that he studied law with Severus under Scaevola is asserted in an interpolated passage in Spartian (Caracal.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PA/PAPINIAN.htm (176 words)

	History of Penn Law - Medallions and Inscriptions
		Papinian held high public office, as the Prefect of the Praetorian Guard (chief advisor to the emperor and commander of his bodyguard), under emperor Septimus Severus (reigned AD 193-211), and was an intimate friend of the emperor.
		Papinian was a victim of this fratricide in AD 212, being murdered, tradition has it, for refusing to compose for Caracalla a legal justification for his tyranny.
		Papinian was most known for his elegant and precise interpretation of existing legal ideas, rather than for any original legal thought.
	www.law.upenn.edu /about/history/medallions/papinian (407 words)

	Papinian -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Papinian (Aemilius Papinianus) (died AD (additional info and facts about 212) 212), was a (additional info and facts about Roman jurist) Roman jurist, magister libellorum and afterwards praetorian prefect under (additional info and facts about Septimius Severus) Septimius Severus.
		He was an intimate friend of Severus, whom he accompanied to (A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland) Britain, and who before his death specially commended his two sons to Papinian's charge.
		Although his output was small compared to other jurists such as (additional info and facts about Ulpian) Ulpian or (additional info and facts about Paulus) Paulus, he was highly influential.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pa/papinian.htm (225 words)

	Papinian: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Papinian is trying to discover when a certain...Coniunctio, used in the passage of Papinian just mentioned for the common life of...
		He was a close friend of the Roman...and later Praetorian prefect; but Severus son Caracalla had Papinian put to death for reasons that are obscure.
		Under the Roman Empire he was one of the five jurists, including Papinian, whose views were considered decisive in resolving legal controversies.
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	Latin Literature
		Papinian and Ulpian, the two foremost jurists of the reigns of Septimius and Alexander Severus, bear a reputation as high as that of any of their illustrious predecessors.
		Papinian, a native it seems of the Syrian town of Emesa, and a kinsman of the Syrian wife of Septimius Severus, was the author of numerous legal works, both in Greek and Latin.
		Already an assessor to Papinian, and a member of the imperial privy council, he was raised to the praetorian prefecture and afterwards removed from it by his countryman, the Emperor Heliogabalus, but reinstated by Alexander Severus, under whom he was second ruler of the Emp
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	Chapter VI: Death Of Severus, Tyranny Of Caracalla, Usurpation Of Marcinus. Part II. - History Of The Decline And Fall ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The death of Papinian, the Praetorian Praefect, was lamented as a public calamity.
		Such is the statement of Dion; and the testimony of Spartian, who gives Papinian the Praetorian praefecture till his death, is of little weight opposed to that of a senator then living at Rome.
		It had hitherto been the peculiar felicity of the Romans, and in the worst of times the consolation, that the virtue of the emperors was active, and their vice indolent.
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	Sicilian Culture: News: Justice & Democracy Served by Celebrating Our Heritage
		Aemilius Papinian is regarded by scholars as the greatest figure in Roman law.
		Papinian is believed to have been murdered by the emperor Caracalla because he refused to justify the murder of coemperor Geta.
		Papinian and Ulpian, for example, were born in what today is Syria.
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	Phoenicia's Roman School of Law
		Papinian held high public office under the emperor Lucius Septimius Severus (reigned AD 193-211) and was the best known of the Roman prefects.
		The most important of Papinian's works are two collections of cases: Quaestiones (37 books) and Responsa (19 books) Definitiones (2 books), and De adulteriis (2 books), attained the highest authority and are regarded today as among the principal Roman contributions to the foundation of modern law.
		He was a subordinate to Papinian when that older jurist was praetorian prefect (chief adviser to the emperor and commander of his bodyguard) under Lucius Septimius Severus (reigned 193-211), and he annotated Papinian's works.
	www.cartage.org.lb /en/themes/GeogHist/histories/Oldcivilization/phoenicia/law/law.html (604 words)

	Papinian -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Latin in full Aemilius Papinianus Roman jurist who posthumously became the definitive authority on Roman law, possibly because his moral high-mindedness was congenial to the worldview of the Christian rulers of the postclassical empire.
		He was a subordinate to Papinian when that older jurist was praetorian prefect (chief adviser to the emperor and commander of his bodyguard) under Lucius Septimius Severus (reigned 193–211), and he...
		The Law of Citations (426), issued by the eastern Roman emperor Theodosius II, named Gaius one of five jurists (the others were Papinian, Ulpian, Modestinus, and Paulus) whose doctrines were to be followed by judges in deciding cases.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9058344?tocId=9058344 (343 words)

	Spartianus: "Life of Caracalla" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Many, again, relate that Bassianus, after killing his brother, commanded Papinian to explain away his crime for him in the senate and before the people; to which Papinian replied that it was not so easy to defend fratricide as to commit it.
		There is also the story that Papinian refused to compose a speech in which, to improve the murderer's case, the brother was to be attacked; and that in his refusal he had declared that to accuse an innocent man who had been murdered was a second act of murder.
		It is further related that Papinian, when, seized by the soldiers, he was being hauled to the Palace to be put to death, foretold the future, saying that whoever should succeed to his position would be an utter fool did he not take vengeance for this brutal attack on the prefecture.
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	Chapter Death Of Severus, Tyranny Of Caracalla, Usurpation Of Marcinus. of History of The Decline And Fall of The Roman ...
		The death of Papinian, the Prætorian Præfect, was lamented as a public calamity.
		The honest labors of Papinian served only to inflame the hatred which Caracalla had already conceived against his father's minister.
		After the murder of Geta, the Præfect was commanded to exert the powers of his skill and eloquence in a studied apology for that atrocious deed.
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	Ulpian: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		As Praetorian prefect from 222, he enjoyed the favor of the emperor Alexander Severus, and he was murdered by the jealous Praetorian Guard.
		Under the Roman Empire he was one of the five jurists, including Papinian, whose views were considered decisive in resolving...
		The prefect of the city was at first a deputy for absent consuls; the office fell out of use but was revived...
	www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/ulpian.jsp?l=U&p=1 (1087 words)

	Lenz Blog: Papinian and Posner
		In Roman law, judges were to count the voices of authors for and against any disputed opinion and decide with the majority, with Papinian's opinion deciding in the case of a tie.
		That made Papinian the greatest academic, and it had direct consequences for applying the law.
		In contrast, there is no law that says "Richard Posner is of the very highest quality and his opinion is the tie-breaker in academic disputes".
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		Papinian YOU ARE HEREandgt;andgt; Architect of the Capitol / Capitol Complex / Art / Papinian October 29, 2005 Visiting U.S. Capitol Office Buildings Grounds U.S. Botanic Garden Architecture Art...
		PAPINIAN PAPINIAN (AEMILIUs PAPINIANUS), Roman jurist, was magister libellorum and afterwards praetorian prefect under Septimius Severus.
		Papinian was a great authority on Roman law.
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	History of Penn Law - Medallions and Inscriptions
		As a knight, junior in rank to the praetors, who were senators, Ulpian spent time advising his seniors in the courts, and later became an assessor of Papinian along with fellow jurist Paul.
		Ulpian and Papinian likely shared a close relationship, as Papinian is the only jurist whom Ulpian cites by name more than once (116 times).
		Ulpian was probably a pupil and follower of the senior Papinian, and ultimately succeeded him to the office a libellis in 202.
	www.law.upenn.edu /about/history/medallions/ulpian (1234 words)

	History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire (1845) By Edward Gibbon Esq.-Volume 1 Chapter 16- from Nalanda ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		[29] The honest labors of Papinian served only to inflame the hatred which Caracalla had already conceived against his father's minister.
		[30] "That it was easier to commit than to justify a parricide," was the glorious reply of Papinian; [31] who did not hesitate between the loss of life and that of honor.
		Around the altar, a chorus of Syrian damsels performed their lascivious dances to the sound of barbarian music, whilst the gravest personages of the state and army, clothed in long Phoenician tunics, officiated in the meanest functions, with affected zeal and secret indignation.
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	Cassius Dio Roman History Epitome of Book 78
		With the enemy he came to terms, withdrew from their territory, and abandoned the forts; as for his own people, he dismissed some, including Papinian, the prefect, and killed others, among them Euodus his tutor, Castor, and his wife Plautilla, and her brother Plautius.
		When the Pretorians accused Papinian and Patruinus of certain things, Antoninus permitted them to kill the men, saying: "It is for you, and not for myself, that I rule; therefore, I defer to you both as accuser and judges."
		He rebuked the slayer of Papinian for using an axe instead of a sword to kill him.
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	The Hutchinson Encyclopedia: Papinian, (Aemilius Papinianus) (died 212)@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Hutchinson Encyclopedia: Papinian, (Aemilius Papinianus) (died 212)@ HighBeam Research
		He was put to death by Caracalla for declining to excuse the latter's murder of his younger brother and co-emperor Geta.
		Papinian's legal writings consisted of two works, Quaestiones/Questions and
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		For example, consider Papinian and Ulpian, who were Roman jurists who...
		Aemilius Papinian was the greatest figure in Roman law...
		Dometius Ulpianus succeeded Papinian as the chief magistrate of Rome.
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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Roman Law (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Gaius himself was a contemporary of the Emperor Hadrian, but scientific research has fixed the date of this copy of his great work as a little earlier than the time of Justinian, in the sixth century.
		For four centuries after Cæsar's conquest Roman law held sway in Britain; her soil was trodden by the great Papinian himself, and possibly by others of the immortal five (Morey).
		There must indeed have remained in Britain a substantial deposit of Roman law, and it is not to be affirmed that this was completely destroyed by subsequent invasions or by the conquest.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/09079a.htm (12249 words)

	HISTORION - History Online Library - History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire, I - Page 122 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		glorious reply of Papinian; ^31 who did not hesitate between the loss of life and that of honor.
		who gives Papinian the Praetorian praefecture till his death, is of little weight opposed to that of a senator
		It had hitherto been the peculiar felicity of the Romans, and in the worst of times the consolation, that the
	historion.net /e.gibbon-history-decline-fall-roman-empire-1/page-122.html (555 words)

	AllRefer.com - Roman law : Under the Empire (Law: Divisions And Codes) - Encyclopedia
		Those jurists with a special license from the emperor could write responsa to guide the judges in deciding cases.
		Most prominent among the jurists was Papinian; his work, with that of Gaius, Modestinus, Paulus, and Ulpian, attained the highest authority.
		The employment of jurists was a step in making the whole of Roman procedure official; in this process the institution of judex was abolished and the trial placed entirely in the hands of a judge.
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	Papinian - Office of the Clerk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Known for his genius, independence of judgment, and lucidity and firmness and for his sense of right and morality, by which he frequently rose above the barriers of national prejudices.
		Papinian (Died 212), Sculptor, Laura Gardin Fraser, Located on North Wall.
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	The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire VI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In full assurance of his virtues and abilities Severus, on his deathbed, had conjured him to watch over the prosperity and union of the Imperial family.
		The honest labours of Papinian served only to inflame the hatred which Caracalla had already conceived against his father's minister.
		That it was easier to commit than to justify a "parricide," was the glorious reply of Papinian,
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	Crescat Sententia: September 29, 2004 Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		If those authorities yielded a majority, the judge was to use that rule.
		If the 5 were tied in any way, the judge was expected to adopt the rule of the side including Papinian.
		If Papinian wasn't determinative, and the other authorities were split evenly, the judge could then make his own decision.
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