The Following is a brief List of Roman Laws:
- 449 BCE Lex Duodecim Tabularum (Law of the Twelve Tables)
- This was the Act that incorporated the Twelve Tables into Roman Law.
- 445 BCE Lex Canuleia:
- Marriage permitted between Patricians and Plebeians.
- 367 BCE Leges Licinae Sextiae:
- One of the two Consuls had to be a Plebeian and restricted ownership of Public Land ‘Ager Publicus’.
- 300 BCE Lex Ogulnia;
- Plebians could become Priests.
- 287 BCE Lex Hortensia:
- ‘Plebiscita’: verdicts, of the Plebeian assembly, applied to all Romans.
- 286 BCE Lex Aquilia:
- This Law laid down the basis for modern Tort Law.
- 218 BCE:
- A Law was passed forbidding Senators or their sons from owning Ships with a capacity of over 300 Amphorae. This meant ownership of vessels became dominated by the emerging Equestrian class or by foreigners.
- 215 BCE Sumptuary Laws to regulate excessive displays of consumption.
- 133 BCE Lex Sempronia Agraria
- was passed by Tiberius Gracchus to redistribute land to the urban poor.
- 123 BCE Lex Sempronia Agraria
- Gaius Gracchus passed this Law creating a new class, the ‘Ordo Equestris’ or Equestrian Class.
- 98 BCE Lex Caecilia Dicia
- This law put a minimum limit between proposing a law and voting on it, and also banned extra provisions from being added to a single law.
- 90 BCE Lex Julia
- Roman citizenship given to Italic peoples (49-42 BCE)
- 89 BCE:
- Human sacrifice was abolished in Rome.
- 67 BCE Lex Gabinia:
- Piracy suppressed with a Fleet of 60 ships under Pompey.
- 67 BCE Lex Cornelia:
- This law insisted that the magistrates act according to the Edicts they published.
- 45 BCE Lex Julia Municipalis
- The ‘Lex Iulia Municipalis’ was a Road Traffic Act introduced by Julius Caesar.
- The law banned commercial traffic during daylight hours in Rome. Later Emperors would insist on Pedestrians only and the banning of horses and carriages.
- 18 BCE Lex Julia de adulteris
- ‘The Julian Law regarding Adultery’ making Adultery a criminal offense.
- 9 CE. ‘Lex Julia Papia-Poppaea’
- ‘The Julian Law of Papia and Poppaea’ (Two Roman Consuls of 9 CE) also regarding Adultery.
- 212 CE Edict of Caracalla:
- Also known as the Constitutio Antoniniana. This Law gave Roman Citizenship to all within the Roman Empire.
- c.235 CE The Lex Rhodia
- Roman Sea Law based on Rhodian Sea Law (800-46 BCE) is mentioned in a Roman Sea Law text called the Opinions of Julius Paulus, Book 2, Title 7.
- 301 CE Diocletian's Price List
- An Edict issued in a failed attempt to restrict the maximum prices of Goods and Services and prevent inflation.
- 313 BCE Edict of Milan:
- By this Law the Roman Empire adopted Christianity.
- 380 BCE Edict of Thessalonica:
- Issued by Theodosius I, Gratian and Valentinian II.
- This Law made it Heresy to worship any other Religion or branch of Christianity other than the Nicene Creed. Shortly afterwards, the Roman Olympic Games, the Eleusinian Mysteries, the Ancient Egyptian Religion and the Ancient Roman Religion, were all banned.
- 389-391 CE Codex Theodosianus
- This ended the worship of the Ancient Roman Pagan Religion and the worship of the Ancient Greek Religion as Paganism. He banned the Haruspices from practicing Divination and abolished the Vestal Virgins and the Eternal Fire to Vesta was extinguished.
- He ordered the destruction of two famous Pagan Temples, the Serapium of Alexandria, Egypt, burnt by Christians in 391 CE and the Temple of Apollo in Delphi was destroyed in 390 CE, which ended the Oracle of Delphi.
- 392 CE A Decree that ended the Eleusinian Mysteries
- 393 CE A Decree that abolished the Roman Olympic Games
- In 394 CE he destroyed the Temple of Vesta.