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Gaius Papirius Carbo Arvina
C. Carbo Arvina
also: C. Carbonem, Gaius Carbo
Plebeian Papirius, an orator and senator killed in the massacre carried out by the praetor L. Iunius Brutus Damasippus in 82 BC just before Sulla's final victory (Fam. 9.21). Cicero rates him the only Carbo of any worth to the commonwealth. Distinct from C. Papirius Carbo cos. 120 (person:c-papirius-carbo-cos120).
Reading notes
- Ad Familiares 9.21 §3 apart from this Gaius Carbo whom Damasippus killed
C. Papirius Carbo Arvina, a senator killed in the proscription-like massacre that L. Iunius Brutus Damasippus, praetor of 82 BC, carried out among the Marians' enemies just before Sulla's victory. Cicero singles him out as the only Carbo of any worth to the state.