Lex Trebonia

Lex Trebonia - Roman law published in 55 BC, during the second consulate of Marek Licinius Crassus and Gnejus Pompey the Great. At the request of the Trebonian tribunal, the five-year board of Syria (Crassus) and the Spanish Closer and the Later (Pompey) granted the consul (along with the title of proconsul) to the consuls. In addition, the reign of Gaius Julius Caesar was extended in Gaul by five years, until 1 March 50. Political background

In 56, the political alliance concluded four years earlier by Crassus, Caesar, and Pompey (I triumvirate) began to rupture. Clodius's populist campaign undermined Pompey's and Crassus's relationship, and neither of them had the influence, fame and wealth Caesar gained during the Gallic Wars. Caesar invited the other triumvirants to the city of Lucc in Gallipoli (today's Lucca). During the meeting renewed alliances and a common political strategy was planned. The attainment of these plans by Crassus and Pompeian consuls and the publication of lex Trebonia. Crassus intended to seize power in Syria for the conquest of the Partisans; Caesar needed the governor to continue the war with the Galician, and Spain was for Pompey (who had not left Rome but through the legions of the province) a great source of income.

Lex Trebonia has raised a lot of controversy. One of its harshest opponents was Katon Młodszy, who belonged to a group of politicians who considered the growing strength of the triumvirate a threat to the Roman state. By any means tried to stop the enactment of the law, until Trebonius did not order him imprisoned. Bibliography

Adam Ziółkowski, Universal History. Antiquity, PWN Publishing House, Warsaw 2010, ISBN 978-83-01-16401-0.

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