Lucius Sextius Lateranus

Lucius Sextius Lateranus is a politician of the Roman République.

Between 376 and 367 av. J. - C. it is constantly re-elected Tribun of the plebs with Caius Licinius Stolon. With his colleague he proposes several laws to improve the situation of the Plébéien S:

on the problem of the debts, deduction of the capital of the interests already paid and spreading out of refundings of debts over three years, and suppression of the Nexum (of Latin to connect , right for the usurer to charge with chains its insolvent debtor and to sell it like slave);
against the monopolization by the Patrician S of the grounds recently annexed around Rome, prohibition to occupy more than 500 Jugères on the Ager publicus ;
re-establishment of the Consul At, with obligatorily a Plebeian elected official among the two consuls.

Political blocking

The Patricien S make stopping with the tender with the popular vote of these projects via the veto of the other powerful orators of the plebs who were favorable for them. Sextius and Licinius use in their turn of their veto to block any election other than those of the powerful orators of the plebs.

In 370 av. J. - C., an external war makes evolve/move the situation, by obliging several years of continuation the election of six military Tribuns to consular capacity to lead military operations. Constantly re-elected, the powerful orators of the Licinius plebs and Sextius finish in 368 av. J. - C. by passing in addition to the veto of their colleagues and join together the Comices tributes to make vote their bill. The Patricien S react to this takeover by force by naming dictator Camille, savagely opposed to the reform, then after its resignation for obscure reasons, a new dictator Publius Manlius Capitolinus, who diplomatically takes as Maître cavalry Licinius Stolon itself, which becomes the first Maître of cavalry Plébéien. Caius Licinius Stolon and Sextius Lateranus must await a tenth mandate of Tribun of the plebs to submit their project again.

Vote Lois licinio-sextiennes

Skilfully, Licinius Stolon submits its three projects to only one vote, to make admit the election of Consul Plébéien by amalgamating it with its two other proposals on the debts and the agrarian law, which had the favor of the voters. The Lois licinio-sextiennes are thus voted in 367 av. J. - C., in spite of the opposition of Camille, again dictator.

First plebeian consuls

The immediate consequence is the election of Lucius Sextius Lateranus in 366 av. J.C like first Consul Plébéien.

See too

Laws licinio-sextiennes

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