Lex Appuleia de maiestate

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

References
  1. Rutledge, Steven H. (2002). Imperial Inquisitions: Prosecutors and Informants from Tiberius to Domitian. Routledge. p. 87. ISBN 9781134560608.
  2. Williamson, Caroline (2010). The Laws of the Roman People: Public Law in the Expansion and Decline of the Roman Republic. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0472025422.
  3. Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898),M, Maenus, Maiestas.
  4. Dillon, Matthew; Garland, Lynda (2013). Ancient Rome: A Sourcebook. Routledge. ISBN 9781136761430.
  5. "UNTANGLING A HISTORIAN'S MISINTERPRETATION OF ANCIENT ROME'S TREASON LAWS" (PDF). Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. Dillon, Matthew; Garland, Lynda (2013). Ancient Rome: A Sourcebook. Routledge. ISBN 9781136761430.


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