Lex Gabinia de piratis persequendis information

The lex Gabinia (Gabinian Law), lex de uno imperatore contra praedones instituendo (Law establishing a single commander against raiders) or lex de piratis persequendis (Law on pursuing the pirates)^[1] was an ancient Roman special law^[2] passed in 67 BC, which granted Pompey the Great proconsular powers in any province within 50 miles of the Mediterranean Sea without holding a properly elected magistracy^[3] for the purpose of combating piracy. It also gave Pompey the power to appoint many legates and significant financial resources.^[2] The law was proposed and passed by the tribune Aulus Gabinius.

^ Braund, D.C. "Piracy under the principate and the ideology of imperial eradication / In: War and society in the Roman world, J. Rich, G. Shipley (eds.). London, 1993. - P.: 195-212
^ ^a ^b Flower, Harriet (2014). The Cambridge companion to the Roman Republic. pp. 89–90. ISBN 978-1-107-03224-8. OCLC 882513995.
^ Abbott, Frank Frost (1963). A History and Descriptions of Roman Political Institutions (3 ed.). New York: Biblo and Tannen. p. 109.

[1] Braund, D.C. "Piracy under the principate and the ideology of imperial eradication / In: War and society in the Roman world, J. Rich, G. Shipley (eds.). London, 1993. - P.: 195-212

[:0-2] Flower, Harriet (2014). The Cambridge companion to the Roman Republic. pp. 89–90. ISBN 978-1-107-03224-8. OCLC 882513995.

[3] Abbott, Frank Frost (1963). A History and Descriptions of Roman Political Institutions (3 ed.). New York: Biblo and Tannen. p. 109.

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