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    The Plebiscitum Ovinium (often called the Lex Ovinia) was an initiative by the Plebeian Council that transferred the power to revise the list of members...
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  • of this practice, see filiation. Ovinius, proposed a law known as the lex Ovinia, granting certain powers to the censors in order to maintain the list...
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    described as "plebiscitary" by Cornell. This situation changed with the Lex Ovinia (promulgated sometime in the period from 339 to 318 BC), which transferred...
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  • 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...
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    of the third century BC, possibly in 275. It finds its origin in the lex Ovinia of c. 313 BC, which considerably changed the composition of the Senate...
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    chose senators from among their supporters. Shortly before 312 BC, the lex Ovinia transferred this power to the censors, who could only remove senators...
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    assigning them to their appropriate centuria and tribus. After the passage of lex Ovinia, the censors were also transferred the power from the consuls to control...
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