theancientwayoflife: ~ Law on the power of Vespasian. Date: A.D. 69—70Medium: Bronze Provena
theancientwayoflife: ~ Law on the power of Vespasian. Date: A.D. 69—70 Medium: Bronze Provenance: Rome, Capitoline Museums, Palazzo Nuovo, Hall of the Faun (Musei capitolini, Palazzo Nuovo, Sala del Fauno) … and it shall be lawful to make treaties with whomever he wishes, just as it was lawful for the Divine Augustus, for Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus, and for Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus.And that it shall be lawful for him to hold a session of the Senate, to introduce a motion, to refer a motion, and to pass a decree of the senate by a motion and division, just as it was lawful for the Divine Augustus, for Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus, for Tiberius Claudius Caesar Germanicus.And that when a session of the Senate shall be held, by his desire or his authority, by his order or his mandate, or by his presence, the lawfulness of all matters therein shall be upheld and maintained, and it shall be as if the senate had been convened and held according to statute.And that anyone whom – seeking a magistracy, power, command, or guardianship of anything – he shall commend to the Senate and People of Rome, and to whom he shall have given or promised his support in elections: consideration beyond the usual shall be taken of these men at any election.And that to extend and to enlarge the boundaries of the pomerium, when he considers it in the public interest, shall be lawful for him, as it was for Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus.And that whatever he considers to be in accordance with benefitting the state, and the proper dignity of divine, mortal, public and private affairs, he may have the right and the power to do and to carry out, just as it was for the Divine Augustus, and for Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus, and for Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus.And that, for whatever laws and public statutes it has been recorded that the Divine Augustus or Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus and Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus were not bound by them, the Imperator Caesar Vespansianus has been freed from those laws and public statutes. And whatever it was proper for the Divine Augustus or Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus or Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus to do in accordance with any law or bill, all these things shall be lawful for the Imperator Caesar Vespasianus Augustus to do.And that whatever has been carried out, accomplished, decreed, or ordered by the Imperator Caesar Vespasianus Augustus, or by anyone at his order or mandate, before this law has passed, these acts shall be legal and valid, and it shall be as if they were done at the order of the people or the commons.SANCTIONIf anyone does or shall have done anything which is contrary to laws, bills, or public statutes, or decrees of the senate on account of this law; or if he shall have not done something on account of this law which it is proper for him to do in accordance with a law or bill or public statute or decree of the senate, this may not be a liability for him, nor may he be obliged to pay the people on its account, nor may anyone have permission to bring a suit or pass judgement because of this, nor may anyone permit a suit to be brought before him because of this.(CIL VI 930; ILS 244; my translation) -- source link
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