HORTENSIA DE PLĒBISCĪTIS. [LEGES PUBLILIAE; PLEBISCITUM.] Another
Lex Hortensia enacted that the nundinae, which had hitherto been
feriae, should be dies fasti. This was done for the purpose of
accommodating the inhabitants of the country.
ICILĬA, B.C. 456, by which the Aventinus was assigned to the plebs.
This was the first instance of the ager publicus being assigned to
the plebs. Another Lex Icilia, proposed by the tribune Sp. Icilius,
B.C. 470, had for its object to prevent all interruption to the
tribunes while acting in the discharge of their duties. In some
cases the penalty was death.
JŪLĬAE. Most of the Juliae Leges were passed in the time of C.
Julius Caesar and Augustus.