Aemilius Papinianus
Roman jurist (142–212)
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The Roman jurist whose legal opinions carried more weight than any other — even centuries after his death. When the empire needed to settle law, Papinian's word broke the tie.
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Aemilius Papinianus rose through Rome's legal apparatus in the second century CE, serving as magister libellorum and attorney general before becoming praetorian prefect in 205 CE following the death of Gaius Fulvius Plautianus. His contemporaries called him "the Asylum of Right and Treasurer of the Laws," and third-year law students earned the title "Papinianistae" — those worthy to study him. The Law of Citations in 426 CE named him one of five jurists whose recorded views carried binding authority, with a crucial provision: whenever the other four disagreed, Papinian's opinion prevailed. His…
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