law
Lex de repetundis
extortion law
also: extortion
The standing statute on provincial extortion under which Verres was prosecuted.
Reading notes
- Against Caecilius (Divinatio) §10 extortion
The quaestio de pecuniis repetundis was the standing court that tried provincial governors and their staff for extorting money from subjects and allies. The statute in force in 70 BC was the Lex Cornelia de repetundis of Sulla.