LEX PETRONIA

By SovConn | August 28, 2013

lex Petronia (leks p<<schwa>>-troh-nee-<<schwa>>). [Latin] Roman law.A law forbidding masters from sending their slaves to fight wild beasts in the arena, without a magistrate’s authorization. • This law was enacted sometime before A.D. 79.

[Blacks Law 8th]

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