Lex Aemilia (de censura)

Reading notes

• The History of Rome, Book 4 §24 the law

  Law of the dictator Mamercus Aemilius (433 BC) limiting the censors' term from five years to a year and a half.

• The History of Rome, Book 9 §33 Aemilian law

  The statute capping the censorship at a year and a half, which Appius Claudius defied.