Quintus Aemilius Papus

Quintus Aemilius Papus (fl. 282 BC - 275 BC), a member of the gens Aemilia of the branch cognomated Papus, was a Roman general and statesman.

Quintus Aemilius Papus was elected consul for 282 BC and 278 BC, both times with Gaius Fabricius Luscinus as his colleague. During his first consulship, Papus successfully warred against the Boii in Northern Italy. In 280 BC he and Fabricius, were amongst the three ambassadors who were sent to Pyrrhus of Epirus. Papus was elected censor in 275 BC, again with Luscinus as his colleague.

According to William Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) Quintus Aemilius Papus was the grandfather of Lucius Aemilius Papus. This, however, contradicts information derived from the younger man's full name which was Lucius Aemilius Q.f. Cn.n. Papus, or Lucius Aemilius, son of Quintus, grandson of Gnaeus (or Cnaieus). Quintus was thus either father of Lucius Aemilius Papus, or a patrilineal relative.