law
lex Sempronia de provinciis consularibus
the Sempronian law
also: lege Sempronia, Sempronian law
The law of C. Sempronius Gracchus (123 BC) requiring the Senate to designate the consular provinces before the consular elections, so that a sitting magistrate could not be arbitrarily superseded. In 56 BC the triumvirs secured that Caesar should not be succeeded under it, prolonging his Gallic command (Fam 1.7.10).
Reading notes
- Ad Familiares 1.7 §10 that he should not be succeeded under the Sempronian law
The lex Sempronia de provinciis consularibus (C. Gracchus, 123 BC) governed when consuls' provinces were assigned, allowing a governor to be replaced. Suspending it for Caesar prolonged his command in Gaul.