Lex Poetelia Papiria Explained

The lex Poetelia Papiria was a law passed in Ancient Rome that abolished the contractual form of nexum , or debt bondage . ^[1] Livy dates the law in 326 BC, during the third consulship of Gaius Poetelius Libo Visolus , ^[2] but Varro dates the law in 313 BC, during the dictatorship of Poetelius's son. ^[3]

See also

• Roman law
• List of Roman laws

External links

• The Roman Law Library, incl. Leges

Notes and References

1. Book: A. Arthur Schiller. Roman Law: Mechanisms of Development . 1978. Walter de Gruyter. 978-90-279-7744-1. 209?.
2. Livy, History of Rome VIII.28, "The Perseus Digital Library". Retrieved on May 10, 2007.
3. Varro. On the Latin Language: Book VII . Trans. Roland G. Kent. On the Latin Language I: Books V-VII . Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1938. pp. 359-361