Controversia I BC
Cic. - Inv. (Cic.Inv.2.52)
Text
C. Flaminius, is qui consul rem male gessit bello Punico secundo, cum tribunus plebis esset, invito senatu et omnino contra voluntatem omnium optimatium per seditionem ad populum legem agrariam ferebat. Hunc pater suus concilium plebis habentem de templo deduxit; arcessitur maiestatis.
Translation
Gaius Flaminius - the one who as consul conducted an unsuccessful campaign in the Second Punic War - when tribune of the people seditiously proposed an agrarian law to the people against the wishes of the Senate and in general contrary to the desires of all the upper class. As he was haranguing the popular assembly his father dragged him from the rostrum, and was charged with lese-majesty.
Main Characters
Gaius flaminius
Characters
Father
Issues
Constitutio definitiva - definitio
Accusations
Lese-majesty
Narrative themes
Agrarian laws, Rostrum speech
Legal references
Historical references
Gaius flaminius (d. 217, battle of lake trasimenus), Second punic war. cf. val. max. 5.4.5