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Licinian-Sextian laws

Li·cin·i·an-Sex·ti·an laws [ li sìnnee ən sékstee ən làwz ]


plural noun 
Definition:
 
ancient Roman laws: a set of ancient Roman laws passed in 367 bc allowing one of the two consuls to be a plebeian. They also contained measures relating to the renting of public land and debt.

[After Gaius Licinius Stolo and Lucius Sextius Lateranus, Roman consuls]
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