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Lex Pompeia de ambitu (52 BC)

the Pompeian law

also: lex Pompeia, the Pompeian law, lege Pompeia

Pompey's law of 52 BC establishing a stringent court for electoral corruption (paired with his lex de vi); many were convicted under it that year, and in 49 BC Caesar planned to recall those it had condemned.

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Ad Atticum 10.4 letters · 1 mention
Brutus rhetoric · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 13.49 letters · 1 mention
First Philippic speeches · 1 mention

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