Lex Varia

	Lex Varia The ' was a law introduced by the Roman tribune Quintus Varius Severus in the year 90 BC. The law created a special tribunal responsible for prosecuting Roman politicians who had "encouraged" the rebellion of the Socii The ''socii'' ( ) or ''foederati'' ( ) were confederates of ancient Rome, Rome and formed one of the three legal denominations in Roman Italy (''Italia'') along with the core Roman citizens (''Cives Romani'') and the extended ''Latin Rights, Lat ... during the currently raging Social War. In practice this meant that Varius and the factions which supported him got to exile their political opponents. When the tumult died down the establishment turned against Varius and he was exiled using his own law. Later, politicians like tribune Publius Sulpicius would try to have the sentences rescinded. References 90 BC Roman law {{AncientRome-law-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Quintus Varius Severus Quintus Varius Severus (from 125 to 120 BC; died after 90 BC) was a politician in the late Roman Republic. He was also called Hybrida (of mixed race) because his mother was from Hispania.Harry Thurston Peck ''Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities'', (New York: Harper and Brothers, 189"Varius Hybrida"/ref> Quintus Varius Severus Hybrida was from Sucro, Hispania (in eastern Iberian peninsula, in the contemporary municipality of Albalat de la Ribera) and was the first senator of the Republic to come from the province of Hispania. In 90 BC he was elected to the tribune. He wrote a law, the '' lex Varia'', in order to punish all those who had “assisted” those who took up arms against the Roman people. In practice it was used to prosecute those who had supported giving the Socii citizenship. As a result, many distinguished senators, among them Gaius Aurelius Cotta, were sent to exile. In the following year after the application of the law, Varius himself was also convicted by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Socii The ''socii'' ( ) or ''foederati'' ( ) were confederates of ancient Rome, Rome and formed one of the three legal denominations in Roman Italy (''Italia'') along with the core Roman citizens (''Cives Romani'') and the extended ''Latin Rights, Latini''. The ''Latini'', who were simultaneously special confederates (''Socii Latini'') and semi-citizens (''Cives Latini''), derived their name from the Italic people of which Rome was part (the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins) but did not coincide with the region of Latium in central Italy as they were located in colonies throughout the peninsula. This tripartite organisation lasted from the Roman expansion in Italy (509-264 BC) to the Social War (91–87 BC), when all peninsular inhabitants south of the Po river were awarded Roman citizenship. Treaties known as ''foedus'' served as the basic template for Rome's settlement with the large array of tribes and city-states of the whole Italian peninsula. The confederacy had its origin in the '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Social War (91–88 BC) Social War may refer to: * Social War (357–355 BC), or the War of the Allies, fought between the Second Athenian Empire and the allies of Chios, Rhodes, and Cos as well as Byzantium * Social War (220–217 BC), fought among the southern Greek states * Social War (91–87 BC) The Social War (from Latin , "war of the allies"), also called the Italian War or the Marsic War, was fought largely from 91 to 88 BC between the Roman Republic and several of its autonomous allies () in Roman Italy, Italy. Some of the ..., or the Italian or Marsic War, fought between the Roman Republic and several Italian cities * '' The Social War'', an 1872 novel by Simon Mohler Landis {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	90 BC __NOTOC__ Year 90 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caesar and Lupus (or, less frequently, year 664 ''Ab urbe condita'') and the Third Year of Zhenghe. The denomination 90 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Republic * Consuls: Lucius Julius Caesar and Publius Rutilius Lupus. * Social War continues: Pompeius Strabo and Gaius Marius distinguish themselves. * The Etruscans are granted Roman citizenship. * Corfinium in south-central Italy is the center of a rebellion against Rome. * The '' Lex Iulia'' grants citizenship to all Italians who did not oppose Rome during the Social War. * Cicero starts to serve in the Roman army. Asia Minor * Nicomedes IV of Bithynia is defeated in battle by a coalition of Nicomedes' brother Socrates, and Mithridates VI of Pontus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]