Sulla's reforms

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Roman legal reform
gptkbp:enactedProscriptions yes
gptkbp:historicalSignificance increased senatorial authority
precedent for later dictatorships
weakened popular assemblies
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sulla's reforms
gptkbp:implementedIn gptkb:Roman_Republic
gptkb:Lucius_Cornelius_Sulla
81 BC
gptkbp:increasedSenateSize yes
gptkbp:increasedSenateSizeTo 600
gptkbp:limitedTribunes yes
gptkbp:proscriptionsResultedIn confiscation of property
execution of enemies
gptkbp:proscriptionsTargeted political enemies
gptkbp:purpose limit power of tribunes
restore traditional Roman institutions
strengthen Senate power
gptkbp:reformedCursusHonorum required sequence of offices
set minimum ages for offices
required 10-year interval before holding same office again
gptkbp:reformedJuryCourts restored jury courts to senators
gptkbp:reformedProvincialGovernance restricted governors' powers
set term limits for governors
gptkbp:reorganizedCourts created permanent courts (quaestiones perpetuae)
gptkbp:repealedBy gptkb:Julius_Caesar
49 BC
gptkbp:restrictedTribunes barred from higher office
prohibited proposing legislation
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Roman_Senate
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5