Lucius Cornelius Sylla
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Sylla · L. Cornelius Sylla
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Ancient Law
Roman dictator whose statutes (Leges Corneliae) exemplified rapid legislative reform.
Cornelius Sylla, by causing to be enacted the great group of statutes called the Leges Corneliœ, had shown what rapid and speedy improvements can be effected by direct legislation.
Sylla signalised his reconstitution of the republic by the Leges Corneliæ;
The Rights of War and Peace
Roman dictator credited with enacting the Cornelian law on unauthorized war-making.
According to the Cornelian law also, enacted by Lucius Cornelius Sylla, to do so without authority from the people amounted to the same crime.