Lucjusz Korneliusz Sulla – dictator legibus scribundis et rei publicae constituende
Lucius Cornelius Sulla - dictator legibus scribundis et rei publicae constituende

Summary/Abstract: Under the lex Valeria of 82 BC Lucius Cornelius Sulla took over the government as a dictator, whose aim was to ,,write down the law and to constitute the republic’ (dictator legibus scrihundis et rei publicae constituendac). He was the author of more than twenty acts, half of which implemented the reform of the political system (leading in particular to strengthen the role of the Senate) and the another half concerned the reform of criminal law (ensuring the protection of public safety). The evaluation of the extensive Sulla’s legislation is very positive, which places him among the greatest of the Roman legislators.Some of the criminal acts of the dictator survived even up to the time of the Codification of Emperor Justinian.

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