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پاپینیان
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Aemilius Papinianus (; ; 142 CE–212 CE), simply rendered as Papinian () in English, was a celebrated Roman jurist, magister libellorum, attorney general (advocatus fisci) and, after the death of Gaius Fulvius Plautianus in 205 CE, praetorian prefect.
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Papinian was a male jurist and Praetorian prefect in Ancient Rome during the Roman Empire. Born in Homs in 142, he belonged to the Aemilia gens and wrote in Latin. He died in Rome in 212 by decapitation. His historical context includes associations with Septimius Severus, Caracalla, and Geta.
His legal writings are recorded in sources such as Pauly–Wissowa, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, and Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. One of his works is titled *Jurisprudentia vetus ante-justinianea*.
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- 142 CE
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- 212 CE (aged 69–70)
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- 205 CE–212 CE
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- Geta
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