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[edit]
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[edit]
- Quintus Servilius Caepio - quaestor 100 BC.[6]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Rutledge, Steven H. (2002). Imperial Inquisitions: Prosecutors and Informants from Tiberius to Domitian. Routledge. p. 87. ISBN 9781134560608.
- ^ 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 978-0472025428.
- ^ Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898),M, Maenus, Maiestas.
- ^ Dillon, Matthew; Garland, Lynda (2013). Ancient Rome: A Sourcebook. Routledge. ISBN 9781136761430.
- ^ Colunga, Isaac J. (2011). "UNTANGLING A HISTORIAN'S MISINTERPRETATION OF ANCIENT ROME'S TREASON LAWS" (PDF). The Journal Jurisprudence. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 March 2020.
- ^ Dillon, Matthew; Garland, Lynda (2013). Ancient Rome: A Sourcebook. Routledge. ISBN 9781136761430.