concept
treason
also: perduellio
High treason against the Roman state, tried by specially created duumvirs—by some accounts the procedure that condemned Manlius.
Reading notes
- The History of Rome, Book 6 §20 duumvirs created to inquire into treason
High treason against the Roman state; a charge tried by specially created duumvirs, by which some authors said Manlius was condemned.
- The History of Rome, Book 43 §23 treason
Perduellio, the capital charge of acting against the Roman state, here brought against the censors before the assembly.