law
Lex Iulia sumptuaria
sumptuary law
also: sumptuariae legis, Caesar's sumptuary law
Caesar's sumptuary law of 46 BC restricting expenditure on banquets and luxury foods, enforced as part of his censorial praefectura morum; allowed larger outlays on festival days. The butt of Cicero's dining jokes in Fam. 9.15 and 9.16.