Lex Aufeia

The lex Aufeia was a Roman law, known only from a passage of Aulus Gellius, giving an account of part a speech against the law by Gaius Gracchus.^[1]^[2] The author of the law is unknown.

The law has been interpreted as a ratification of Manius Aquilius' Asian settlement. However, nothing in the passage supports this assessment.^[3] The passage indicates that the law applied to Asia since Mithridates and Nicomedes were respectively supporting and opposing it. It is probable that Gracchus was trying to reserve land for Roman taxation rather than have the revenues go to Mithridates.^[4]

References

^ "Aulus Gellius, Attic Nights,BOOK XI, X". www.perseus.tufts.edu.
^ Hill, H. (1948). "The So-Called Lex Aufeia (Gellius xi. 10)". The Classical Review. 62 (3–4): 112–113. doi:10.1017/S0009840X00091496. S2CID 163233908.
^ Magie, David (14 March 2017). Roman Rule in Asia Minor, Volume 2 (Notes): To the End of the Third Century After Christ. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9781400887743.
^ Gruen, Erich S. (25 September 1986). The Hellenistic World and the Coming of Rome. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520057371.

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[1] "Aulus Gellius, Attic Nights,BOOK XI, X". www.perseus.tufts.edu.

[2] Hill, H. (1948). "The So-Called Lex Aufeia (Gellius xi. 10)". The Classical Review. 62 (3–4): 112–113. doi:10.1017/S0009840X00091496. S2CID 163233908.

[3] Magie, David (14 March 2017). Roman Rule in Asia Minor, Volume 2 (Notes): To the End of the Third Century After Christ. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9781400887743.

[4] Gruen, Erich S. (25 September 1986). The Hellenistic World and the Coming of Rome. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520057371.

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