Papinian
Americannoun
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The honest labors of Papinian served only to inflame the hatred which Caracalla had already conceived against his father's minister.
From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 by Henry Hart Milman
Papinian, Ulpian, Modestinus, and Paullus were the most noted of these lawyers; their works definitively fixed the Roman law.
From History Of Ancient Civilization by Charles Seignobos
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 History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 by Henry Hart Milman
"That it was easier to commit than to justify a parricide," was the glorious reply of Papinian; who did not hesitate between the loss of life and that of honor.
From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 by Henry Hart Milman
The ground on which a sacred building is erected remains sacred even after the destruction of the building, as was declared also by Papinian.
From The Institutes of Justinian by John Baron Moyle
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