199 BC

Events

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Roman Republic

• The Roman general Gnaeus Baebius Tamphilus attacks the Insubres in Gaul, but loses over 6,700 soldiers in the process.
• Scipio Africanus becomes censor and princeps Senatus (the titular head of the Roman Senate).
• The Roman law, Lex Porcia, is proposed by the tribune P. Porcius Laeca to give Roman citizens in Italy and provinces the right of appeal in capital cases.

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