Lex Cassia de senatu

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]

Background

The law was a move to restrain the discretionary power of the senate.[4] It was seen as reinforcing the voice of the Roman people.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898),L, Levee, Lex". www.perseus.tufts.edu.
  2. ↑ Berger, Adolf (1953). "Encyclopedic Dictionary of Roman Law". The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
  3. ↑ Hunter, William Alexander (1803). "A Systematic and Historical Exposition of Roman Law in the Order of a Code". Sweet & Maxwell.
  4. ↑ Steel, Catherine; Blom, Henriette van der (2013). "Community and Communication: Oratory and Politics in Republican Rome". OUP Oxford.
  5. ↑ Millar, Fergus (2002). "The Crowd in Rome in the Late Republic". University of Michigan Press.
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