Leges Genuciae
Leges Genuciae (also Lex Genucia or Lex Genucia de feneratione) were laws passed in 342 BC by
Tribune of the Plebs Lucius Genucius
.
These laws covered several topics: they banned lending that carried interest, which soon was not enforced; they forbade holding two magistracies at the same time or within the next 10 years (until 332 BC); and lastly, they required at least one
The first time both consuls were plebeian was in 172 BC.[4][5] By then, that provision was the only one that continued to be enforced.
See also
References
- Ab Urbe Condita, vii.42
- Lex Licinia Sextiaof 366 with the Lex Genucia of 342.
- ^ T. Corey Brennan, The Praetorship in the Roman Republic, Oxford University Press, 2000., pp. 65-67. Brennan demonstrates that the ten year rule was only temporary at this time.
- ISBN 978-1-136-76143-0.
- ISBN 978-1-136-75495-1.
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