Talk:Valerian and Porcian laws

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Suggestion - Move

This page might be better named "The Roman right of appeal". That more appropriately covers the content than does the current title, which simply lists two sets of laws regarding that appeal (and not the only two sets, as the article itself notes). The redirect page Provocatio ad populum would be OK except that it's in Latin and this is better in English. Thoughts? - Eponymous-Archon (talk) 21:10, 8 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Legal to kill someone who was plotting a tyranny?

Way back in 2008, RomanHistorian added this line:

"The original Valerian law had also made it legal to kill any citizen who was plotting to seize a tyranny. This clause was used several times, the most important of which was its usage by Julius Caesar's assassins."

Unfortunately RomanHistorian hasn't edited here since 2010 so I doubt they'll be around to explain, but is this actually true? It seems to stem from a misunderstanding of the Valerian law by Plutarch. I can't find any other evidence that this was actually part of the law or that it had anything to do with Caesar's assassination. Adam Bishop (talk) 20:45, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]