A Lex Julia (or: Lex Iulia, plural: Leges Juliae/Leges Iuliae) is an ancient Roman law that was introduced by any member of the Julian family. Most often, "Julian laws", Lex Iulia or Leges Iuliae will refer to moral legislation introduced by Augustus in 18-17 BC, or to a law from the dictatorship of Julius Caesar.
Read more about Lex Julia: Lex Iulia De Civitate Latinis Danda (90 BC), Lex Iulia De Repetundis (59 BC), Lex Julia Municipalis (45 BC), Moral Legislation of Augustus, Later Updates To The Julian Laws
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“The great, the fundamental need of any nation, any race, is for heroism, devotion, sacrifice; and there cannot be heroism, devotion, or sacrifice in a primarily skeptical spirit.”
—Anna Julia Cooper (1859–1964)