Licinian

Eight years after the death of Manlius (B.C. 376), two tribunes of the plebeians, one of whom was Caius Licinius Stolo, proposed some new laws to protect poor debtors, whose grievances had been greatly increased by the havoc of the Gauls, and after nine more years of tedious discussion and effort, they were enacted (B.C. 367), and are known as the Licinian

The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic Arthur Gilman

Such a character may have had this origin, and indeed Livy attributes the Licinian laws to a feminine jealousy of

The Republic by Plato ; translated by Benjamin Jowett 2006

Cornelius Scipio, the interrex, for peace 'sake to observe the Licinian law in the election of consuls.

The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 Titus Livius

Licinian laws, so called from one of their proposers, the tribune C. Licinius, besides relieving the poor of usurious interest, and effecting a more just division of the public lands, also provided that consuls should be chosen yearly, as at first (see p. 238), and that one of the consuls should be a plebeian.

General History for Colleges and High Schools Philip Van Ness Myers

The tribunes held out as their plea, the protection of the Licinian law.

The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 Titus Livius

He remembered that the Licinian Rogation, which became a law more than two hundred years before this time, forbade any man having such large tracts in his possession, and thought that so beneficent a law should continue to be respected.

The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic Arthur Gilman

Nearly a hundred years later the Licinian law forbade all increase.

Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View Calvin Elliott

Sibylline books, at the time of the passing of the Licinian laws.

General History for Colleges and High Schools Philip Van Ness Myers

What is become of the penalty appointed by the recent Junian and Licinian law?

The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 Marcus Tullius Cicero

The people seemed to feel sure that Gracchus was intending to do something for them, and they eagerly came together and voted for him, and when he was elected, they crowded into the city from all the regions about to vote in favor of the re-establishment of the Licinian laws, with some alterations.

The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic Arthur Gilman