Leges Genuciae Explained

Leges Genuciae (also Lex Genucia or Lex Genucia de feneratione) were laws passed in 342 BC by Tribune of the Plebs Lucius Genucius.

These laws covered several topics: they banned lending that carried interest, which soon was not enforced; they forbade holding two magistracies at the same time or within the next 10 years (until 332 BC); and lastly, they required at least one consul to be a plebeian.^{[1] [2] [3]}

The first time both consuls were plebeian was in 172 BC.^{[4] [5]} By then, that provision was the only one that continued to be enforced.

See also

• Roman law
• List of Roman laws

External links

• Leges Genuciae at The Roman Law Library

Notes and References

1. [Livy]
2. [Tim Cornell]
3. [T. Corey Brennan]
4. Matthew Dillon, Lynda Garland, Ancient Rome: From the early Republic to the assassination of Julius Caesar (Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World), Routledge, 2013, p. 33. .
5. Tim Cornell, The Beginnings of Rome: Italy and Rome from the Bronze Age to the Punic Wars (c.1000–264 BC), London & New York, Routledge, p. 338. .