law
Rogatio Mamilia
the Mamilian inquiry
also: rogatione Mamilia, Mamilia quaestio, Mamilian bill, Mamilian inquiry
The bill of the tribune C. Mamilius (109 BC) setting up a special inquiry into those who had taken bribes from Jugurtha. Cicero (Brutus 127-128) records that the Gracchan jurors used it to condemn C. Galba and four consulars.
Reading notes
- Brutus §127 Mamilian bill (an inquiry into the Jugurthine conspiracy)
The tribune C. Mamilius's bill of 109 BC set up a special court to try those who had taken bribes from Jugurtha of Numidia; its jurors condemned the priest C. Galba and four consulars.