Lex Titia

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Lex Titia was a Roman law enacted in 43 BC that formally established the Second Triumvirate of Octavian, Mark Antony, and Lepidus with extraordinary powers over the Roman state.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman law ⓘ
extraordinary law ⓘ
statute ⓘ
affectedInstitution Roman Senate ⓘ
Roman popular assemblies ⓘ
aimedAt reconstitution of the Roman state ⓘ
category Roman Republican law ⓘ
conferredPowers constituent powers over the Roman state ⓘ
power to make laws without reference to the people or Senate ⓘ
power to make proscriptions ⓘ
power to nominate magistrates ⓘ
power to redistribute land ⓘ
createdOffice tresviri rei publicae constituendae ⓘ
definedTermLength five years ⓘ
enactedBy Roman people ⓘ
Roman popular assembly ⓘ
enactedIn Roman Republic ⓘ
enactmentDate 27 November 43 BC ⓘ
43 BC ⓘ
endOfTerm 31 December 38 BC ⓘ
established Second Triumvirate ⓘ
formalized political alliance of Octavian, Antony, and Lepidus ⓘ
grantedPowerTo Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus ⓘ
linked to: Augustus

Lepidus ⓘ
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus ⓘ
Marcus Antonius ⓘ
linked to: Mark Antony

Mark Antony ⓘ
Octavian ⓘ
linked to: Augustus
grantedTitle tresviri rei publicae constituendae to Octavian, Antony, and Lepidus ⓘ
linked to: Second Triumvirate
hasConsequence concentration of power in hands of three men ⓘ
erosion of traditional Republican institutions ⓘ
hasLatinName Lex Titia ⓘ
historicalContext aftermath of Julius Caesar's assassination ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
legalForm plebiscite ⓘ
legalized Second Triumvirate ⓘ
legalStatus extraordinary constitutional measure ⓘ
locationOfEnactment Rome ⓘ
precedes Battle of Philippi ⓘ
proposedBy Publius Titius ⓘ
relatedToEvent civil wars of the late Roman Republic ⓘ
proscriptions of 43–42 BC ⓘ
startOfTerm 1 January 42 BC ⓘ
timePeriod 1st century BC ⓘ

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