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Lex Sempronia frumentaria

the Sempronian grain law

also: legem Semproniam frumentariam, the Sempronian grain law

The grain law of Gaius Gracchus providing subsidised corn to the Roman people; Cicero in the Brutus notes that M. Octavius son of Gnaeus got it repealed by the votes of a thronging assembly.

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