''Leges Genuciae'' (also ''Lex Genucia'' or ''Lex Genucia de feneratione'') were laws passed in 342 BC by
Tribune of the Plebs Lucius Genucius.
These laws covered several topics: they banned lending that carried interest, which soon was not enforced; they forbade holding two magistracies at the same time or within the next 10 years (until 332 BC); and lastly, they required at least one
consul
Consul (abbrev. ''cos.''; Latin plural ''consules'') was the title of one of the two chief magistrates of the Roman Republic, and subsequently also an important title under the Roman Empire. The title was used in other European city-states th ...
to be a
plebeian.
The first time both consuls were plebeian was in 172 BC.
[Tim Cornell, ''The Beginnings of Rome: Italy and Rome from the Bronze Age to the Punic Wars (c.1000–264 BC)'', London & New York, Routledge, p. 338. . ] By then, that provision was the only one that continued to be enforced.
See also
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Roman law
Roman law is the legal system of ancient Rome, including the legal developments spanning over a thousand years of jurisprudence, from the Twelve Tables (c. 449 BC), to the '' Corpus Juris Civilis'' (AD 529) ordered by Eastern Roman emperor Jus ...
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List of Roman laws
References
External links
Leges Genuciae at The Roman Law Library
Roman law
342 BC
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