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Lex Cornelia de repetundis

the Cornelian law

also: Cornelia

Sulla's extortion law of 81 BC, which (with the earlier lex Servilia) already contained the "to whom the money came" clause that the lex Iulia later carried over. Cicero cites it to show the procedure used against Postumus is no novelty.

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On Invention rhet · 1 mention
For Sextus Roscius of Ameria speech · 1 mention
Against Verres, Second Hearing, Book I speech · 2 mentions
Ad Familiares 5.6 letter · 1 mention
Against Piso speech · 1 mention
Brutus rhet · 2 mentions
On Divination phil · 1 mention

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