law
Lex Petillia
the Petillian law
The plebiscite of 187 BC, carried by the Petillii, providing for inquiry into money taken from Antiochus—the instrument of the Scipios' prosecution.
Reading notes
- The History of Rome, Book 39 §7 Petillian law
The plebiscite of 187 BC, carried by the Petillii, under which inquiry was made into money taken from Antiochus; it had condemned L. Scipio.