Papinian
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Papinian was a highly influential Roman jurist of the early 3rd century whose legal opinions became foundational to later Roman and European law.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Papinian canonical | 4 |
| Aemilius Papinian | 1 |
| Aemilius Papinianus | 1 |
| Papinianus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1334080 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Papinian Context triple: [Digest, includesWorkOf, Papinian]
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A.
Ulpian
Ulpian was a prominent Roman jurist of the 3rd century whose legal writings heavily influenced later Roman law and were extensively incorporated into Justinian’s Digest.
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Modestinus
Modestinus was a prominent Roman jurist of the 3rd century whose legal opinions were highly influential and later incorporated into Justinian’s Digest.
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C.
Lactantius
Lactantius was an early 4th-century Christian author and apologist, best known for his work "Divine Institutes" and for serving as an advisor and tutor in the court of Emperor Constantine.
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D.
Herodes Atticus
Herodes Atticus was a wealthy 2nd-century Greek aristocrat, sophist, and Roman senator renowned as a major benefactor and patron of monumental architecture across the Greek world.
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E.
Gaius Terentius Varro
Gaius Terentius Varro was a Roman consul and military commander best known for co-leading the Roman forces that suffered a devastating defeat to Hannibal at the Battle of Cannae during the Second Punic War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Papinian Target entity description: Papinian was a highly influential Roman jurist of the early 3rd century whose legal opinions became foundational to later Roman and European law.
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A.
Ulpian
Ulpian was a prominent Roman jurist of the 3rd century whose legal writings heavily influenced later Roman law and were extensively incorporated into Justinian’s Digest.
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B.
Modestinus
Modestinus was a prominent Roman jurist of the 3rd century whose legal opinions were highly influential and later incorporated into Justinian’s Digest.
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C.
Lactantius
Lactantius was an early 4th-century Christian author and apologist, best known for his work "Divine Institutes" and for serving as an advisor and tutor in the court of Emperor Constantine.
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D.
Herodes Atticus
Herodes Atticus was a wealthy 2nd-century Greek aristocrat, sophist, and Roman senator renowned as a major benefactor and patron of monumental architecture across the Greek world.
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E.
Gaius Terentius Varro
Gaius Terentius Varro was a Roman consul and military commander best known for co-leading the Roman forces that suffered a devastating defeat to Hannibal at the Battle of Cannae during the Second Punic War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman citizen
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Roman jurist ⓘ jurist ⓘ legal scholar ⓘ person ⓘ |
| advisorTo | Septimius Severus ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Papinian
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surface form:
Aemilius Papinian
Papinian ⓘ
surface form:
Papinianus
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| areaOfExpertise |
interpretation of praetorian edicts
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responsa (legal opinions) ⓘ |
| birthCentury | 2nd century ⓘ |
| citizenship | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| deathCause | execution ⓘ |
| deathCentury | 3rd century ⓘ |
| employer |
Roman provincial administration
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surface form:
Roman imperial administration
|
| era | Severan dynasty ⓘ |
| executedUnder |
Caracalla
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surface form:
Emperor Caracalla
|
| fieldOfWork |
Roman law
ⓘ
jurisprudence ⓘ |
| floruit | early 3rd century ⓘ |
| fullName |
Papinian
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Aemilius Papinianus
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| hasWorkType | casuistic legal opinions ⓘ |
| influenced |
Byzantine law
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Roman private law ⓘ civil law tradition ⓘ medieval European law ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Latin ⓘ |
| legacy |
foundational authority in later Roman law
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major source for later European civil law ⓘ |
| legalAuthorityIn | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| legalOpinionsUsedIn |
Corpus Juris Civilis
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Digest of Justinian ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Quaestiones
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Responsa ⓘ |
| occupation |
jurist
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praetorian prefect ⓘ |
| oneOf | five classical Roman jurists of the Law of Citations ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity | Rome ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
legal adviser to the emperor
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praetorian prefect of the Roman Empire ⓘ |
| reasonForExecution | refusal to justify Caracalla’s murder of Geta (traditional account) ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Law of Citations of 426 AD ⓘ |
| reputation | one of the greatest Roman jurists ⓘ |
| servedUnder |
Caracalla
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surface form:
Emperor Caracalla
Septimius Severus ⓘ
surface form:
Emperor Septimius Severus
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| workSubject |
Roman law
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surface form:
Roman civil law
legal procedure ⓘ private law ⓘ |
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Subject: Papinian Description of subject: Papinian was a highly influential Roman jurist of the early 3rd century whose legal opinions became foundational to later Roman and European law.
Referenced by (7)
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