Lex Fufia Caninia: Difference between revisions

In [[ancient Rome]], the '''lex Fufia (also 'Furia, Fusia') Caninia''' (2 BC) was one of the laws that [[Roman assemblies|national assemblies]] had to pass, after they were requested to do so by [[Caesar Augustus|Augustus]]. This law, along with the [[lex Aelia Sentia]], placed limitations on [[Status in Roman legal system|manumissions]].<ref name="Westermann1955">{{cite book|author=William Linn Westermann|title=The Slave Systems of Greek and Roman Antiquity|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=FF-uCZRXiO4C&pg=PA89|year=1955|publisher=American Philosophical Society|isbn=978-0-87169-040-1|pages=89–}}</ref> In numerical terms this meant that a master who had three slaves could free only two; one who had between four to ten could free only half of them; one with eleven to thirty could free only a third, and so on. Manumissions above these limits were not valid.