Papinian
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Perhaps, if the preceptors and friends of Cicero were still alive, our candor would acknowledge that, except in purity of language, their intrinsic merit was excelled by the school of Papinian and Ulpian.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04 by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
The celebrated lawyer Papinian was appointed Præfect after the fall of Plautianus; and several great jurisconsults, particularly Paulus and Ulpian, flourished under the reign of Severus or his family.
From A Smaller History of Rome by Sir William Smith
But it was a period in which the Roman law was in its most flourishing and brilliant stage, under such men as Papinian, Ulpian, and others second only to these masters.
From A Source Book for Ancient Church History by Joseph Cullen Ayer
Papinian and Ulpian, the two foremost jurists of the reigns of Septimius and Alexander Severus, bear a reputation as high as that of any of their illustrious predecessors.
From Latin Literature by J. W. (John William) Mackail
Papinian, a native it seems of the Syrian town of Emesa, and a kinsman of the Syrian wife of Septimius Severus, was the author of numerous legal works, both in Greek and Latin.
From Latin Literature by J. W. (John William) Mackail
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