Leges Genuciae
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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: it banned lending that carried interest, which soon was unenforced; forbid holding two magistrates at the same time or within 10 years; and lastly, it required at least one consul to be a plebeian.[1]
The first time both consuls were plebeian was in 172 BC.[2][3] That restriction was the only one that continued to be enforced.
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- ^ Livy, Ab Urbe Condita, vii.42
- ^ Matthew Dillon; Lynda Garland (28 October 2013). Ancient Rome: A Sourcebook. Taylor & Francis. pp. 33–. ISBN 978-1-136-76143-0.
- ^ Tim Cornell (6 December 2012). The Beginnings of Rome: Italy and Rome from the Bronze Age to the Punic Wars (c.1000–264 BC). Routledge. pp. 338–. ISBN 978-1-136-75495-1.
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