Lex Appuleia de maiestate explained
The lex Appuleia de maiestate was a Roman law introduced by Lucius Appuleius Saturninus, passed during one of his two tribunates, either 103 BC or 100 BC.[1] [2] The exact provisions are unknown, but it attempted to protect the sovereignty of the Roman people as represented by the tribunate.[3] It apparently punished incompetent military commanders.[1]
The provisions of the lex Appuleia
The law established the permanent criminal court in Rome, a quaestio maiestas, to deal with crimes against the Roman people: treason. The juries in this court consisted of equestrians.[4] The law established maiestas as a separate crime from perduellio.[5]
Prosecutions
- Quintus Servilius Caepio - quaestor 100 BC.[6]
See also
Notes and References
- Book: Rutledge. Steven H.. Imperial Inquisitions: Prosecutors and Informants from Tiberius to Domitian. 2002. Routledge. 87. 9781134560608. en.
- Book: Williamson. Caroline. The Laws of the Roman People: Public Law in the Expansion and Decline of the Roman Republic. 2010. University of Michigan Press. 978-0472025428. en.
- Book: Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898),M, Maenus, Maiestas.
- Book: Dillon. Matthew. Garland. Lynda. Ancient Rome: A Sourcebook. 2013. Routledge. 9781136761430. en.
- UNTANGLING A HISTORIAN'S MISINTERPRETATION OF ANCIENT ROME'S TREASON LAWS. The Journal Jurisprudence. Colunga. Isaac J.. 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20200315110836/http://www.jurisprudence.com.au/juris9/c.pdf. 15 March 2020.
- Book: Dillon. Matthew. Garland. Lynda. Ancient Rome: A Sourcebook. 2013. Routledge. 9781136761430. en.
