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Roman laws
roman laws
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Undergraduate 3
02/11/2011

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Term
Lex
Definition
Anything the people order or establish
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12 Tables
Definition
Written law established by Decimvirate; basic Roman law and government
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Lex Valeria Horatia, 449
Definition
End of Decemvirate; gave rights of protection, appeal, and veto to the plebeians
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Lex Canuleia, 445
Definition
permitted intermarriage between plebeians and patricians
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lex Licinia Sextia, 367
Definition
A plebeian can be a consul
Breaks up larger farms into smaller farms, so they can be used by more people
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Lex Genucia
Definition
One of the two consuls must be a plebeian
Also reduced amounts on debts
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Lex Poetilla
Definition
Abolished debt bondage for Roman citizens
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Lex Publilia
Definition
There must be at least one plebeian censor every five years; plebescites binding on patricians as well as plebeians
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lex Ogulnia
Definition
opened up priestly colleges to Plebeians
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Lex Hortensia 287
Definition
Plebiscites become binding with Senate approval; patricians cannot veto them.
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