Lex Cassia

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lex Cassia may refer to:

  • lex Cassia tabellaria
    (137 BC) – introduced secret votes in court jury decisions
  • lex Cassia de senatu (104 BC)  – required any senator to be expelled from the senate if they had been convicted of a crime, or if their power (imperium) had been revoked while serving as a magistrate
  • lex Cassia (44 BC?) – allowed Julius Caesar to add new individuals to the patrician (aristocratic) class
  • lex Cassia Terentia frumentaria (73 BC) – required the distribution of corn among the poor citizens