The lex Poetelia Papiria was a law passed in Ancient Rome that abolished the contractual form of nexum, or debt bondage. [1] Livy dates the law in 326 BC, during the third consulship of Gaius Poetelius Libo Visolus, [2] but Varro dates the law in 313 BC, during the dictatorship of Poetelius's son. [3]
The lex Poetelia Papiria was a law passed in Ancient Rome that abolished the contractual form of nexum, or debt bondage. [1] Livy dates the law in 326 BC, during the third consulship of Gaius Poetelius Libo Visolus, [2] but Varro dates the law in 313 BC, during the dictatorship of Poetelius's son. [3]