CLCV 1003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Wild Beasts, Pozzuoli, Marcus Caelius Rufus
19 Apr 2016
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194 > bce senators get the front row at the theatre. 67 bce > lex roscia theatralis: first 14 rows. Proposed by various magistrates (consuls, tribunes, etc) and passed in any of the assemblies. (twelve tables, lex roscia, lex aquila, lex julia) Compilation of all previous laws throughout the roman state. Practical and political functions: produced entirely in latin (greek speaking world, great political functions. Basilica julia (interior reconstruction), rome, 1stc bce. Multiple court hearings at once, echoey building. Set up in the 2ndc bce on a case-by-case basis. Soon, there were quaestiones set up to act as juries for certain laws. Senators and equestrians typically the ones in these quaestiones. Depending on the trial, jury could be about 75 to 51 men > voted openly with majority vote. By 70 bce there are at least 4 pools from which to take jury members. They are in use until the 3rdc bce.
