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Leges Genuciae

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Leges Genuciae (also Lex Genucia or Lex Genucia de feneratione) were laws passed in 342 BC by Tribune of the Plebs Lucius Genucius.

These laws covered several topics: they banned lending that carried interest, which soon was not enforced; they forbade holding two magistracies at the same time or within 10 years; and lastly, they required at least one consul to be a plebeian.

The first time both consuls were plebeian was in 172 BC. By then, that provision was the only one that continued to be enforced.

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Leges Genuciae Wikipedia