Lex Cassia de senatu explained
The lex Cassia de senatu was a Roman law, introduced in 104 BC by the tribune L. Cassius Longinus.[1] The law excluded from the senate individuals who had been deprived of imperium by popular vote[2] [3] or had been convicted of a crime in a popular assembly (Judicium Populi).[4] [5]
Background
The law was a move to restrain the discretionary power of the Senate.[6] It was seen as reinforcing the voice of the Roman people.[7] The provision on magistrates stripped of their imperium was a deliberate attack against Quintus Servilius Caepio, proconsul in 105 BC, whose imperium was removed after the disaster of Arausio.[8]
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898),L, Levee, Lex. www.perseus.tufts.edu.
- Book: Berger. Adolf. Encyclopedic Dictionary of Roman Law. The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.. en. 1953. 9781584771425.
- Book: Hunter. William Alexander. A Systematic and Historical Exposition of Roman Law in the Order of a Code. 63. lex cassia 104.. Sweet & Maxwell. en. 1803.
- Book: The Oxford Classical Dictionary. en. 2012. Hornblower. Simon. Antony. Spawforth. Esther. Eidinow. 9780199545568.
- Web site: Ascon. in Cic. Cornel. p78, ed. Orelli, reference via LaucusCurtius.
- Book: Steel. Catherine. Blom. Henriette van der. Community and Communication: Oratory and Politics in Republican Rome. OUP Oxford. en. 2013. 9780199641895.
- Book: Millar. Fergus. The Crowd in Rome in the Late Republic. University of Michigan Press. en. 2002. 0472088785.
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