Laws/Treaties/Edicts

Question 1

Lex Sacrata (494 BC)

Answer 1

Result of 1st secession of plebs, created tribune office and made them sacrosanct

Question 2

Foedus Cassianum (493 BC)

Answer 2

By Spurrius Cassius, made Rome ally with Latin League

Question 3

Lex Publilia (471 BC)

Answer 3

Legalized concilium plebis

Question 4

Lex Canuleia (445 BC)

Answer 4

Result of 3rd secession of plebs, allowed patrician+plebeian intermarriage

Question 5

Lex Licinia Sextia (367 BC)

Answer 5

Allowed one consul to be plebiean, L. Sextius Laternus was the first

Question 6

Lex Genucia (342 BC)

Answer 6

One consul must be a plebeian, no loans with interest, no holding multiple positions at a time or within 10 years

Question 7

Lex Poetelia Papiria (326/313 BC)

Answer 7

Forbade debt bonding

Question 8

Lex Hortensia (287 BC)

Answer 8

Result of 5th secession of plebs, make plebiscita apply to everyone

Question 9

Ebro River Treaty (226 BC)

Answer 9

Signed by Hasdrubal the Fair, north was Roman, south was Carthaginian

Question 10

Lex Sempronia Agraria (133 BC)

Answer 10

Made by Ti. Graccus, limited land ownership to 500 iugera

Question 11

Lex Julia (90 BC)

Answer 11

Proposed by L. Julius Caesar, allowed citizenship for those who didn’t fight against Rome in Social War

Question 12

Lex Plautia Papiria (89 BC)

Answer 12

Citizenship to any Italian

Question 13

Lex Gabinia (67 BC)

Answer 13

Gave Pompey 3 years to deal with pirates

Question 14

Lex Manilia (66 BC)

Answer 14

Gave Pompey command against Mithridates, replacing Lucullus

Question 15

Lex Titia (43 BC)

Answer 15

Made second triumvirate official

Question 16

Constitutio Antoniniana (212 AD)

Answer 16

Made by Caracalla, gave citizenship to everyone in empire

Question 17

Edict of Milan (313 AD)

Answer 17

Made by Constantine, recognized Christianity and established religious freedom in the empire