law
Lex Calpurnia de repetundis
Lex Calpurnia
also: lex de pecuniis repetundis, the law on extortion
The first Roman law (149 BC) to establish a standing court for the recovery of money extorted by magistrates from the provincials, carried by the tribune Lucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi. Cicero notes there had been no extortion law before it.
Reading notes
- On Duties §2.75 the law on extortion was carried by Lucius Piso
The lex Calpurnia de repetundis (149 BC), proposed by the tribune Lucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi, the first standing court on provincial extortion. Cicero notes it had no predecessor.