law
Lex Scantinia
also: lege Scantinia, legis Scantiniae, Lex Scantinia
A Roman statute penalizing homosexual offences (stuprum) against freeborn youths; in Fam. 8.12 and 8.14 Caelius is indicted under it and counter-indicts Appius the censor under the same law.
Reading notes
- Ad Familiares 8.12 §3 the Lex Scantinia (a statute against unnatural offences)
An old Roman law penalizing homosexual offences against freeborn youths; Appius's faction indicted Caelius under it, whereupon Caelius gleefully counter-charged Appius the censor under the same law.