Gaius Papius Mutilus

Denarius of C. Papius Mutilus, minted in 90 BC. The obverse portrays Bacchus, while the reverse displays an allegory of the Social War, with the Italian Bull goring the Roman Wolf.[1]

Gaius Papius Mutilus was a Samnite noble who is best known for being the leader of the southern rebels who fought against the army of Rome in the Social War of 91-87 BC (also known as the Italian War); was member of the clan Variani/Varriano.[2] His father was Gaius Papius Mutilus, who held the highest Samnite magistracy in Bovianum a number of times in the second half of the 2nd century BC [3]

  1. ^ Campana, Monetazione, p. 85 (n°100).
  2. ^ Hornblower, Simon; Antony Spawforth [1996]. The Oxford classical dictionary, 3rd, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 922.
  3. ^ Regina, Adriano (1991). "C. Papius C. F. Mutilus Imp.". In Capini, Stefania (ed.). Samnium: Archeologia del Molise. Casa Editrice Quasar. pp. 149–152. ISBN 88-7140-036-4.