Lex Poetelia Papiria

The lex Poetelia Papiria was a law passed in Ancient Rome that abolished the contractual form of nexum, or debt bondage.^[1] Livy dates the law in 326 BC, during the third consulship of Gaius Poetelius Libo Visolus,^[2] but Varro dates the law in 313 BC, during the dictatorship of Poetelius's son.^[3]

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^ Livy, History of Rome VIII.28, "The Perseus Digital Library". Retrieved on May 10, 2007.

^ Varro. On the Latin Language: Book VII. Trans. Roland G. Kent. On the Latin Language I: Books V-VII. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1938. pp. 359-361

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[one-2] Livy, History of Rome VIII.28, "The Perseus Digital Library". Retrieved on May 10, 2007.

[two-3] Varro. On the Latin Language: Book VII. Trans. Roland G. Kent. On the Latin Language I: Books V-VII. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1938. pp. 359-361

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