person
Cn. Carboni consuli
also: Gnaeus Carbo the consul, Cn. Papirio consuli, Gnaeus Papirius the consul
Cn. Papirius Carbo, three times consul (85, 84, 82 BC), the leading Marian during the civil war against Sulla. Verres served as his quaestor in 84 and embezzled the army's pay-chest before deserting to Sulla (Verr. 2.1.11, 34-40). Defeated at Clusium and Faventia, Carbo fled to Sicily where he was captured and executed by Pompey in 82.