[2758] Cic. Fam. xi. 1. 2; Att. ii. 18. 3.
[2759] Cic. Leg. iii. 8. 18.
[2760] Cic. Fam. xii. 21.
[2761] Cic. Leg. Agr. i. 3. 8; 17. 45; Flacc. 34. 86.
[2762] Cic. Leg. iii. 8. 18.
[2763] Cic. Flacc. 34. 86; Fam. xii. 21; Att. ii. 18. 3; xv. ii. 4; Suet. Tib. 31; Lange, Röm. Alt. iii. 244.
Several unpassed bills of the year 63 are mentioned. (1) The rogation of L. Caecilius, tribune of the plebs, for lightening the penalty upon P. Autronius Paetus and P. Cornelius Sulla, who had been condemned for ambitus; Dio Cass. xxxvii. 25. 3; Cic. Sull. 22 f.; cf. Leg. Agr. ii. 3. 8; 4. 10.—(2) A proposal to restore to the children of those whom Sulla had proscribed the right to become candidates for offices; Dio Cass. ibid.; Plut. Cic. 12; Cic. Att. ii. 1. 3.—(3) A proposal for the cancellation of debts and (4) another for the allotment of lands in Italy. All these measures were quashed by Cicero; Dio Cass. ibid. § 3 f.
[2764] Suet. Caes. 28. 3; Plut. Cat. Min. 17.
[2765] Schol. Bob. 310. These same magistrates established a penalty for violations of the lex Caecilia Didia (Cic. Phil. v. 3. 8), whether by the law above mentioned or a separate enactment cannot be determined.
[2766] Val. Max ii. 8. 1. In 62 falls the unpassed bill of Q. Caecilius Metellus Nepos, tribune of the plebs (cf. p. 437, n. 1), directing Pompey to come to the defence of Italy against Catiline; Dio Cass. xxxvii. 43; Schol. Bob. 302. In the following year (61) the consuls, M. Pupius Piso and M. Valerius Messala, proposed a resolution for the appointment of a special commission to try Clodius on charge of having intruded in a religious festival exclusively for women; Cic. Att. i. 13. 3; Mil. 5. 13; 22. 59; 27. 73; Ascon. 53; Suet. Caes. 6; Dio Cass. xxxvii. 46. The bill provided that the jurors should not be drawn by lot in the usual way but appointed by the praetor; Cic. Att. i. 14. 1. It was withdrawn in favor of the plebiscite de religione for the same purpose but more favorable to the accused, presented by Q. Fufius Calenus, and accepted by the tribes; Cic. Att. i. 16. 2; Parad. iv. 2. 31; Plut. Caes. 10; Mommsen, Röm. Strafr. 198 f.