La lex Licinia de sodaliciis e i collegia illicita elettorali alla luce di una rilettura della pro Plancio di Cicerone

Abstract

Divided between optimates and populares, the last generation of the Roman Republic fought a bitter political battle, supported, often illegally, by the force of the collegia. A renewed reading of Cicero’s pro Plancio seems to demonstrate that the ratio of lex Licinia de sodaliciis, the subject of this investigation, is precisely to punish the illicit use of electoral collegia by political candidates.