Leges Corneliae

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The Leges Corneliae are those laws that were passed in the years 82 BC. BC to 79 BC Chr. Of Sulla adopted. The aim of his dictatorship , legitimized by the Lex Valeria, was the restoration and renewal of the old aristocratic republic . The laws he passed are shaped by this thought.

This includes:

  • Lex iudiciaria (“Judicial Act”): new regulations for the judiciary. Its existence has not been proven with certainty, but there are many indications, such as the standardization of court procedures for the enactment of this law.
  • Lex Cornelia de proscriptione : Law on the prosecution of political opponents and the confiscation of their property. Probably the most notorious law of Sulla.
  • Lex de magistratibus (“about the officials”): inculcated the old hierarchy of magistrate offices and asserted the importance of the cursus honorum .
  • Lex Cornelia de praetoribus octo creandis (“about the praetors ”): Increase in the number of praetors to eight.
  • Lex Cornelia de tribunis plebis ("on the tribunes "): limited the influence of the tribunes.
  • Lex Cornelia de XX quaestoribus ("about the 20 Quaestors "): increased the number of Quaestors to 20.

Sulla also enacted a number of criminal laws:

  • Lex Cornelia de repetundis , also Lex Cornelia repetundarum : Law against extortion by Roman officials.
  • Lex Cornelia de sicariis et veneficis : Law on homicide (especially poisoning), arson and gang formation.
  • Lex Cornelia testamentaria nummaria , also Lex Cornelia de falsis : Law on the forgery of coins and wills.
  • Lex Cornelia de maiestate : Law on treason and treason.
  • Lex Cornelia de ambitu : made election bribery and buying office a criminal offense (cf. Lex Cornelia Baebia de ambitu and Lex Cornelia Fulvia de ambitu ).
  • Lex Cornelia de peculatu : Law on embezzlement of public funds
  • Lex Cornelia de iniuriis : Law on libel, trespassing and serious willful bodily harm.

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