The ''lex Caecilia de vectigalibus'' was a Roman law passed in 60 BC, and proposed by the
praetor Caecilius Metellus Nepos, concerning the abolition of
port duties in
Italy.
The Senate wished to remove Nepos' name from the bill, and replace it with another, but this attempt failed.
Background
The complaints against port duties were not so much against the tax itself, but against the behaviour of the
publicani during their collections.
Under
Caesar
Gaius Julius Caesar (; ; 12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC), was a Roman people, Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in Caes ...
taxes on imported commodities from overseas were reimposed.
See also
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List of Roman laws
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 his ''gens'' name ('' nomen gentilicum''), in the feminine form because the noun ''lex'' (pl ...
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Roman Law
References
Roman law
Reform in the Roman Republic
1st century BC in the Roman Republic
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