The Lex Oppia was a law established in ancient Rome in 215 BC, at the height of the Second Punic War during the days of national catastrophe after the...
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of Roman women. This law, the lex Oppia, was repealed in 195, over the vehement objections of Cato the Elder. Vestia Oppia, a native of Atella, lived at...
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senator..." Livy's account of the framing and repeal of the sumptuary Lex Oppia, passed during the crisis of the Punic Wars, has the arch-traditionalist...
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those imported from Germany, Gaul and China, were so expensive that the Lex Oppia tried to limit their use in 189 BCE. These "designer brands" spawned cheap...
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auctoritas of Drusus)--the same reason for the later repeal of the Oppian law (lex Oppia). Drusus then settled an incident involving the abuse of the protection...
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the plebs in 195 BC, he and Publius Brutus opposed the repeal of the lex Oppia, a sumptuary law. As praetor in 191, he dedicated the temple of the Magna...
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Valerius Tappo, tribune of the plebs in 195 BC, opposed the repeal of the Lex Oppia with Cato the Censor. He was praetor in 192, he obtained Sicily as his...
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the request of the tribune of the plebs Gaius Oppius, the Oppian Law (Lex Oppia), intended to restrict the luxury and extravagance of women in order to...
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This is a partial list of Roman laws. A Roman law (Latin: lex) is usually named for the sponsoring legislator and designated by the adjectival form of...
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general, Hasdrubal's attempt to break through to Italy. The Roman law, Lex Oppia, is instituted by Gaius Oppius, a tribune of the plebs during the consulship...
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