The lex Caecilia de vectigalibus was a Roman law passed in 60 BC, and proposed by the praetor Caecilius Metellus Nepos, concerning the abolition of port duties in Italy.[1][2]

The Senate wished to remove Nepos' name from the bill, and replace it with another, but this attempt failed.[3]

Background

The complaints against port duties were not so much against the tax itself, but against the behaviour of the publicani during their collections.[4] Under Caesar taxes on imported commodities from overseas were reimposed.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Williamson, Callie (24 February 2010). The Laws of the Roman People: Public Law in the Expansion and Decline of the Roman Republic. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0472025428.
  2. ↑ Nicali, Antonio. "A Historical Outlook on the Italian Customs Policy".
  3. ↑ Cassius Dio, Roman History, 37.51.3-4
  4. ↑ "LacusCurtius • Customs Duties in Roman Times (Smith's Dictionary, 1875)". penelope.uchicago.edu.


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