Marcus Aemilius Papus

Marcus Cutius Priscus Messius Rusticus Aemilius Papus Arrius Proculus Julius Celsus (known by the short name Marcus Aemilius Papus) was a Roman senator who held a series of offices in the emperor's service. He was suffect consul for the nundinium of May to August 135 as the colleague of Lucius Burbuleius Optatus Ligarianus. Papus is known solely through inscriptions.

Although Papus bears the gentilicium and cognomina of a distinguished Republican stirps, the Aemilii Papi, his connection is obscure; the previous attested member of the Republican family lived in the early third century BC. For the other elements in his name, "Messius Rusticus" is shared with his father, and presumably came as part of a legacy to his father from the consul of 114, Marcus Messius Rusticus; "Cutius Priscus" comes from his mother's family. However the origins of other elements in his name, "Arrius Proculus" and "Julius Celsus" are unknown. Details about his immediate family are more definite. His father was Marcus Messius Rusticus Aemilius Papus, and his mother Cutia Prisca; a brother is attested, Marcus Messius Rusticus Aemilius Afer Cutius, who died young. Elements in the name of a military tribune of Legio II Adiutrix, Gaius Julius Pisibanus Maximus Aemilius Papus, son of Gaius Julius Pisibanus, suffect consul in 141, suggests his mother (presumably named Aemilia Papa) is somehow related to Papus, either as his sister or his daughter.