Die lex Manilia de libertinorum suffragiis und die Gesetzgebung der Volkstribunen in der späten römischen Republik

Hermes 153 (1):28-50 (2025)
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This essay explores the lex Manilia de libertinorum suffragiis and patterns of tribunician legislation. The law, which was passed on 29 December 67 BC, provided for freedmen to be enrolled into their manumitter’s tribe, instead of one of the four urban tribes. Initially, the speed with which Manilius pushed through his initiative resulted in procedural errors and so led to the abrogation of law. But he was not alone in his efforts to rush a law through the People’s Assembly as fast as possible. Roughly half of all rogationes in the late Republic can be dated to the beginning of a tribune’s year in office. This essay argues that the time lag between tribunes and consuls respectively taking office resulted in a power vacuum, which the tribunes of the plebs attempted to exploit.

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