Papinian
Americannoun
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Among the most learned jurists of this era, were Caius Papinian, and Ulpian.
From Outline of Universal History by Fisher, George Park
The death of Papinian, the Prætorian Præfect, was lamented as a public calamity.
From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 by Milman, Henry Hart
Were not a great number of famous jurists like Ulpian of Tyre and Papinian of Hemesa natives of Syria?
From The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism by Cumont, Franz
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 Milman, Henry Hart
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 Moyle, John Baron
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