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 Augustus
surface form: Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus

Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
surface form: Lepidus

Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
Mark Antony
surface form: Marcus Antonius

Mark Antony
Augustus
surface form: Octavian
grantedTitle Second Triumvirate
surface form: tresviri rei publicae constituendae to Octavian, Antony, and Lepidus
hasConsequence concentration of power in hands of three men
erosion of traditional Republican institutions
hasLatinName Lex Titia self-link
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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Second Triumvirate legalBasis Lex Titia
Lex Titia hasLatinName Lex Titia self-link