The leges de repetundis have attracted the attention of scholars, especially in the Nineteenth and Twentieth centuries. In this regard, the succession of eight leges introduced into the Roman legal system from 149 BC to 47 AD is well known. However, among these laws on repetundae, based on available sources, we know the contents of only seven, excluding from this further list the lex Iunia de repetundis, a law only mentioned within the lex Acilia repetundarum of 123-122 BC. This paper analyzes some sources that may shed light not only on the magistrate issuing this obscure lex (identifiable as Decius Junius Silanus), but also on the subsequent events of this rogatio, closely related to the abolitio memoriae of which its proponent himself was a victim.
Una ipotesi sul rogante dell’oscura lex Iunia de repetundis
Morelli Marcello
2023-01-01
Abstract
The leges de repetundis have attracted the attention of scholars, especially in the Nineteenth and Twentieth centuries. In this regard, the succession of eight leges introduced into the Roman legal system from 149 BC to 47 AD is well known. However, among these laws on repetundae, based on available sources, we know the contents of only seven, excluding from this further list the lex Iunia de repetundis, a law only mentioned within the lex Acilia repetundarum of 123-122 BC. This paper analyzes some sources that may shed light not only on the magistrate issuing this obscure lex (identifiable as Decius Junius Silanus), but also on the subsequent events of this rogatio, closely related to the abolitio memoriae of which its proponent himself was a victim.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
