Leges Genuciae
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Leges Genuciae were laws proposed in 342 BC
by plebeian
consul
Lucius Genucius.
These laws banned lending that carried interest (however it soon became disused), holding two magistrates at the same time or repeated holding of office within 10 years. Finally they required one consul to be plebeian and also permitted both plebeian consuls (first such case was in 172 BC
). However all of the restrictions began to be disused except the last one.
342 BC
Year 342 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Ahala and Rutilus...
by plebeian
Plebs
The plebs was the general body of free land-owning Roman citizens in Ancient Rome. They were distinct from the higher order of the patricians. A member of the plebs was known as a plebeian...
consul
Consul
Consul was the highest elected office of the Roman Republic and an appointive office under the Empire. The title was also used in other city states and also revived in modern states, notably in the First French Republic...
Lucius Genucius.
These laws banned lending that carried interest (however it soon became disused), holding two magistrates at the same time or repeated holding of office within 10 years. Finally they required one consul to be plebeian and also permitted both plebeian consuls (first such case was in 172 BC
172 BC
Year 172 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Laenas and Ligus...
). However all of the restrictions began to be disused except the last one.