Aemilius Papinianus
Roman jurist (142–212)
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Updated 2026-05-29
Roman jurist whose legal opinions shaped imperial law so thoroughly that later scholars couldn't stop citing him. Climbed from attorney general to praetorian prefect after 205 CE—the kind of power move that got noticed in Rome.
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Aemilius Papinianus, simply rendered as Papinian in English, was a celebrated Roman jurist, magister libellorum, attorney general and, after the death of Gaius Fulvius Plautianus in 205 CE, praetorian prefect.
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