law
Lex Caecilia et Didia
lex Caecilia et Didia
also: the Caecilian and Didian, Caeciliam et Didiam
A law of 98 BC (consuls Q. Caecilius Metellus Nepos and T. Didius) imposing a three-week interval (trinundinum) between a bill's promulgation and its vote and banning omnibus bills. Cicero counts it among the laws the coalition trampled in 59 (Att 2.9.1).
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 2.9 §1 the Caecilian and Didian
The lex Caecilia et Didia of 98 BC, which imposed a three-week interval (trinundinum) between a bill's promulgation and its vote and banned omnibus bills. Listed by Cicero among the constitutional safeguards Caesar's coalition trampled.
- Fifth Philippic §7 Lex Caecilia et Didia
A law of 98 BC requiring that bills be promulgated for three market-days (a trinundinum) before a vote, and forbidding omnibus bills. Cicero says Antony violated its procedural safeguards.