Lex Poetelia Papiria
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The Lex Poetelia Papiria was a law passed in Ancient Rome that abolished the contractual form of Nexum, or debt bondage.[1] Livy dates the law in 326 BC, during the third consulship of Gaius Poetelius Libo Visolus,[2] whereas Varro dates the law in 313 BC, during Poetelius' dictatorship.[3]
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- ↑ Livy, History of Rome VIII.28, "The Perseus Digital Library". Retrieved on May 10, 2007.
- ↑ Varro. On the Latin Language: Book VII. Trans. Roland G. Kent. On the Latin Language I: Books V-VII. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1938. pp 359-361
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