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Lex Sempronia de capite civium

Lex Sempronia

also: lex Sempronia, Semproniae legis

Law carried by Gaius Sempronius Gracchus (123 BC) forbidding the execution of a Roman citizen without trial before the people. Cicero cites it in the debate over punishing the conspirators, noting that even its own mover, Gracchus, perished by the people's order.

Mentioned in 5 works (5 total)

On the Agrarian Law, Second Speech speeches · 1 mention
Against Catiline, Fourth Speech speeches · 1 mention
On His House speeches · 1 mention
On the Consular Provinces speeches · 1 mention
For Lucius Cornelius Balbus speeches · 1 mention

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