The Lex Oppia was a law established in ancient Rome in 215 BC, at the height of the Second Punic War during the days of national catastrophe after the...

of Roman women. This law, the lex Oppia, was repealed in 195, over the vehement objections of Cato the Elder. Vestia Oppia, a native of Atella, lived at...

senator..." Livy's account of the framing and repeal of the sumptuary Lex Oppia, passed during the crisis of the Punic Wars, has the arch-traditionalist...

those imported from Germany, Gaul and China, were so expensive that the Lex Oppia tried to limit their use in 189 BCE. These "designer brands" spawned cheap...

general, Hasdrubal's attempt to break through to Italy. The Roman law, Lex Oppia, is instituted by Gaius Oppius, a tribune of the plebs during the consulship...

general, Hasdrubal's attempt to break through to Italy. The Roman law, Lex Oppia, is instituted by Gaius Oppius, a tribune of the plebs during the consulship...

auctoritas of Drusus)--the same reason for the later repeal of the Oppian law (lex Oppia). Drusus then settled an incident involving the abuse of the protection...

the plebs in 195 BC, he and Publius Brutus opposed the repeal of the lex Oppia, a sumptuary law. As praetor in 191, he dedicated the temple of the Magna...

the request of the tribune of the plebs Gaius Oppius, the Oppian Law (Lex Oppia), intended to restrict the luxury and extravagance of women in order to...

succeeds him as Roman governor in Spain. The Roman sumptuary law, the Lex Oppia, which restricts not only a woman's wealth, but also her display of wealth...

Valerius Tappo, tribune of the plebs in 195 BC, opposed the repeal of the Lex Oppia with Cato the Censor. He was praetor in 192, he obtained Sicily as his...

control wealth, was expressed around this time in the passage of the lex Oppia of 216 BC, a sumptuary law that sought to restrict the amount of gold...

the use of terms such as "ownership" and "possession". 215 BC Rome: The Lex Oppia was established; it forbade any woman to possess more than half an ounce...

Marcus Porcius Cato, unsuccessfully attempted to stop the repeal of the Lex Oppia. In 193 BC, he served as aedile. In 191 BC, he dedicated the Temple of...

Second Macedonian War, Battle of Cynoscephalae. 34 Complete 195–194 BC Lex Oppia repealed, victory of Cato in Hispania, War against Nabis, triumphs of...

This is a partial list of Roman laws. A Roman law (Latin: lex) is usually named for the sponsoring legislator and designated by the adjectival form of...

succeeds him as Roman governor in Spain. The Roman sumptuary law, the Lex Oppia, which restricts not only a woman's wealth, but also her display of wealth...

together with his colleague, Lucius Valerius, proposed the abolition of the lex Oppia, a sumptuary law restricting the dress and manners of Roman women. They...

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. III, p. 34 ("Oppia" no. 1, "Oppia Gens"). Broughton, vol. I, p. 23. Livy, iii. 36. Dionysius, x. 59...