Lex Canuleia
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The Lex Canuleia (named after the tribune Gaius Canuleius, who proposed it) is a Roman law which, abolishing a corresponding Twelve Tables prohibition, allowed marriage between patricians and plebeians, with children inheriting the father's status.
The name of this law can be remembered using the following mnemonic, appearing in James Hilton's Goodbye, Mr. Chips
- Miss Plebs asks Mr. Patrician to marry her. Mr. Patrician claims that he can't. Miss Plebs replies "Oh yes you can, you liar!".Not to be intended as a hint to the correct Latin pronunciation.
Other names
- Lex de conubio patrum et plebis
See also
- Gaius Canuleius
- Ius connubii
- Roman Law
- List of Roman laws
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