Guy Papyri Mason

Guy Papyriy belonged to one of the younger patrician clans of Rome, mentioned in sources starting from 444 BC. e. (at first as Papisia ). In the IV century BC e. Papyri belonged to the number of the most influential families of the Republic along with Manlius , Sulpicius and Postumi ^[1] . The branch of the Masons was separated later than all the others - at the beginning of the III century BC. e. ^[2]

According to the Capitol fasts , the father and grandfather of Guy Papyri wore the preferences of Guy and Lucius, respectively ^[3] . Lucius is the very first of the sources mentioned in the sources of the cognogen Mason , who died shortly after the edilite ^{[4] [5]} . Guy Jr.'s cousin was another Guy Papyriy Mason , who held the priestly post of the decemvir of the clergy ^[6] .

Valery Maxim mentions a certain Guy Papyri in connection with the events of 241 BC. e. ^[7] Then the Consul Quintus Lutasius Zercon suppressed the rebellion of the Falis in Etruria , and Guy Papyrius, on his orders, signed an agreement on the surrender of the enemy. When the Roman public assembly decided to “act cruelly” with the Falisks, Papyrii said that, in accordance with the agreement, they had not surrendered “to the power” of Rome, but only “under the protection of”, and as a result no sanctions were applied against the vanquished. This Papyria is supposedly identified with Mason ^[8] .

In 231 BC e. Guy Papyriy was the consul. He became the last of the Papyriy-patricians and the only one of the Papyriy Masons in this position. His plebeian colleague, Mark Pomponius Maton , went to Sardinia , and Mason went to Corsica to crush the rebellion. Local tribes were defeated in battle on the Myrtle Fields off the coast and retreated into the mountains. The consul followed them; in further clashes in the highlands, his army suffered heavy losses and was in serious danger, but in the end Guy Papyriy was able to force the Corsos to peace (possibly under mild conditions). When he returned to Rome, the Senate denied him the right to triumphant entry into the city . Nevertheless, Mason made a triumph - on the Albanian mountain, in a myrtle wreath instead of a laurel . Thus, he became the founder of a new tradition to celebrate victories without the approval of the Senate ^{[9] [8]} .

With the proceeds from the sale of military booty, Mason erected a temple to Fonsu ^[10] . He died in 213 BC. e., and it is known that at the time of his death Guy Papyriy was a member of the priestly collegium of pontiffs . In the same year, his cousin, bearing the same name, died with him ^[11] .

Guy Papyri did not have sons. Sources mention only the daughter who became the wife of Lucius Emilia Paul of Macedon ^[12] . The father of the latter, also Lucius Emilius Paul , who died at Cannes , was a pontificate of Mason ^[8] . The grandchildren of Guy Papyri were Quintus Fabius Maxim Emilian and Publius Cornelius Scipio Emilian ^[12] .

Sources

1. Valery Maxim. Memorable deeds and sayings. - SPb. , 1772. - T. 2. - 520 s.
2. Valery Maxim . Memorable deeds and sayings. - SPb. : Publishing House of St. Petersburg State University, 2007. - 308 p. - ISBN 978-5-288-04267-6 .
3. Titus Livy . The history of Rome from the foundation of the city. - M .: Nauka, 1994 .-- T. 2 .-- 528 s. - ISBN 5-02-008995-8 .
4. Plutarch . Comparative biographies. - M .: Nauka, 1994 .-- T. 1 .-- 704 p. - ISBN 5-02-011570-3 .
5. Mark Tullius Cicero. About the nature of the gods. - SPb. : Alphabet, 2015 .-- 448 p. - ISBN 978-5-389-09716-2 .
6. Mark Tullius Cicero . Letters from Mark Tullius Cicero to Attica, relatives, brother Quintus, M. Brutus. - SPb. : Nauka, 2010 .-- V. 3 .-- 832 p. - ISBN 978-5-02-025247-9 , 978-5-02-025244-8.
7. Fasti Capitolini (neopr.) . Site "History of Ancient Rome". Date of appeal March 15, 2017.

Literature

1. Broughton R. Magistrates of the Roman Republic. - New York, 1951. - Vol. I. - P. 558.
2. Münzer F. Papirii Masones // Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft . - 1949. - Bd. XVIII, 3. - Kol. 1062.
3. Münzer F. Papirius // Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft . - 1949. - Bd. XVIII, 3. - Kol. 1002-1005.
4. Münzer F. Papirius 57 // Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft . - 1949. - Bd. XVIII, 3. - Kol. 1062-1063.
5. Münzer F. Papirius 58 // Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft . - 1949. - Bd. XVIII, 3. - Kol. 1063.
6. Münzer F. Papirius 61 // Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft . - 1949. - Bd. XVIII, 3. - Kol. 1064.

• Guy Papierius Mason (Eng.) . - in Smith 's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.