Papinianus, ÆMIlius

Papinianus, ÆMIlius, down to the time of Justinian the most celebrated of the Roman jurists, lived at Rome during the reign of Septimius Severus, whose second wife is said to have been his relative. Both he and Septimius were pupils of Scævola; Papinianus succeeded the prince as advocatus fisci, and afterwards held the office of praefectus prætorio. The son and successor of Severus, Caracalla, caused Papinianus to be put to death in 212. His works consist of 37 books of Questiones, 19 of Responsa, 2 of Definitiones, and De Adulteriis; from these works 595 excerpts were incorporated in Justinian's Pandects.