law
lex Cornelia de provinciis ordinandis
the Cornelian law
also: lege Cornelia, lex Cornelia
Sulla's law (81 BC) regulating provincial commands, under which an outgoing governor had thirty days to leave his province after his successor arrived. Cited by Cicero on the term for Appius's departure from Cilicia.
Reading notes
- Ad Familiares 3.6 §3 the thirty days fixed --- by the Cornelian law
Under Sulla's lex Cornelia de provinciis ordinandis (81 BC), a governor had thirty days to quit his province once his successor had arrived; Cicero notes that Appius withdrew so far that meeting within the term was impossible.