Lucius Villius Annalis was a politician of

ancient Rome In modern historiography, ancient Rome refers to Roman civilisation from the founding of the city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD. It encompasses the Roman Kingdom (753–509 BC ...

in the 2nd century BC. He was a

tribune of the plebs Tribune of the plebs, tribune of the people or plebeian tribune ( la, tribunus plebis) was the first office of the Roman state that was open to the plebeians, and was, throughout the history of the Republic, the most important check on the power o ...

, who first acquired the

cognomen A ''cognomen'' (; plural ''cognomina''; from ''con-'' "together with" and ''(g)nomen'' "name") was the third name of a citizen of ancient Rome, under Roman naming conventions. Initially, it was a nickname, but lost that purpose when it became here ...

"Annalis" in 179 BC, because he introduced a law fixing the year (''annus'' in Latin) at which it was allowable for a person to be a candidate for the public offices, the

Lex Villia annalis In Ancient Rome, the ''Lex Villia Annalis'' was a law passed in 180 BC that regulated the minimum age requirements of candidacy for different public offices within the ''cursus honorum''. The law was proposed by Lucius Villius Annalis, a Tribu ...

. He later became

praetor Praetor ( , ), also pretor, was the title granted by the government of Ancient Rome to a man acting in one of two official capacities: (i) the commander of an army, and (ii) as an elected '' magistratus'' (magistrate), assigned to discharge vari ...

peregrinus in 171 BC.Broughton
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