Papiria

For other uses of this term, see Papiria (disambiguation).

The Papyri tribe is one of the 35 Roman tribes, in which all Roman citizens were ascribed to be able to exercise their right to vote in the Comitia tributes or elections by tribes. It was considered a rustic tribe, compared to the four urban tribes. It was created in 498 a. C. and its name refers to gens Papiria, one of the traditional Roman society. Honorary registration from Emerita Augusta, dedicated to Cn. Cornelius Severus, in which it indicates its ascription, and the one of the Colony, to the tribe Papiria. From Augustus, with the establishment of the Empire, the life of the Roman assemblies began to languish, to cease being summoned under Tiberius, losing its attributions in favor of the Senate, and being suppressed by Trajan, although during the three first centuries of the Empire all Roman citizens had to be attached to a tribe. The Papyri tribe was chosen by Augusto to assign Roman citizens of the colony Augusta Emerita (Mérida, Spain) in Lusitania, including the Turgalium prefecture (Trujillo, Spain), and those of the colony Augusta Firma Astigi (the present Écija, in the province of Seville) in the Betica. Bibliography

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