law
Lex Sempronia (de provinciis consularibus)
the Sempronian law
also: lege Sempronia
The Sempronian law of Gaius Gracchus requiring the Senate to fix the consuls' provinces before their election; under it Numidia and Italy were assigned for the war.
Reading notes
- The Jugurthine War §27 Sempronian law
The law of Gaius Gracchus requiring the Senate to designate the consuls' provinces before their election; under it Numidia fell to the war's first commander.