LĪVĬAE, various enactments proposed by the tribune M. Livius Drusus, B.C. 91, for establishing colonies in Italy and Sicily, distributing corn among the poor citizens at a low rate, and admitting the foederatae civitates to the Roman civitas. He is also said to have been the mover of a law for adulterating silver by mixing with it an eighth part of brass. Drusus was assassinated, and the senate declared that all his laws were passed contra auspicia, and were therefore not leges.
LUTĀTIA DE VI, proposed by the consul Q. Lutatius Catulus, with the assistance of Plautius the tribune: usually called Lex Plautia or Plotia. [[Vis].]
MAENĬA LEX, is only mentioned by Cicero, who says that M. Curius compelled the patres ante auctores fieri in the case of the election of a plebeian consul, “which,” adds Cicero, “was a great thing to accomplish, as the Lex Maenia was not yet passed.” The lex therefore required the patres to give their consent at least to the election of a magistratus, or, in other words, to confer or agree to confer the imperium on the person whom the comitia should elect. It was probably proposed by the tribune Maenius B.C. 287.
MAJESTĀTIS. [[Majestas].]
MAMILĬA DE JŬGURTHAE FAUTŌRĬBUS. (Sall. Jug. 40.)
MAMILIA FINIUM RĔGUNDŌRUM, B.C. 239 or 165, respecting boundaries.
MĀNĪLĬA, proposed by the tribune C. Manilius, B.C. 66, was a privilegium by which was conferred on Pompey the command in the war against Mithridates. The lex was supported by Cicero when praetor.
MANLĬA. [[Licinia].]
MANLIA DE VĪCĒSĬMA, B.C. 357, imposed the tax of five per cent. (vicesima) on the value of manumitted slaves.
MARCĬA, probably about the year B.C. 352, adversus feneratores.