Lex Scantinia (sometimes incorrectly referred to as Lex Scantia) was an ancient Roman law (named after aedile Scantinius Capitolinus who had lived around 225 BC) and introduced in 149 BC during the Roman Republic that regulated sexual behavior, including pederasty, adultery and passivity, potentially legislating the death penalty for same-sex behavior among free-born men. Allegations exist that even before Lex Scantinia such laws existed in Rome, but direct evidence of these laws has been lost.
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- Lex Scantinia (sometimes incorrectly referred to as Lex Scantia) was an ancient Roman law (named after aedile Scantinius Capitolinus who had lived around 225 BC) and introduced in 149 BC during the Roman Republic that regulated sexual behavior, including pederasty, adultery and passivity, potentially legislating the death penalty for same-sex behavior among free-born men. Allegations exist that even before Lex Scantinia such laws existed in Rome, but direct evidence of these laws has been lost. For instance, on supplicium fustuarium, public beating to death as the legal standard punishment for same-sex behavior among free-born men in Rome long before Lex scantinia, see Polybius, The Histories, volume VI, chapter 37. All Roman laws, including Lex Scantinia, regulating sexual behavior only expanded towards free-born citizens. Slaves were considered as res, as things, and could be freely used for any activity otherwise illegal. Other than opposite-sex activities, same-sex activities with slaves were however not encouraged as a form of sexual pleasure. In fact, same-sex activities were rather regarded as punishment for bad slaves, inherently identical to beatings.
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- Lex Scantinia (sometimes incorrectly referred to as Lex Scantia) was an ancient Roman law (named after aedile Scantinius Capitolinus who had lived around 225 BC) and introduced in 149 BC during the Roman Republic that regulated sexual behavior, including pederasty, adultery and passivity, potentially legislating the death penalty for same-sex behavior among free-born men. Allegations exist that even before Lex Scantinia such laws existed in Rome, but direct evidence of these laws has been lost.
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