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Lucius Villius Annalis

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Lucius Villius Annalis was a politician of ancient Rome in the 2nd century BC. He was a tribune of the plebs, who first acquired the cognomen "Annalis" in 179 BC, because he introduced a law fixing the year (annus in Latin) at which it was allowable for a person to be a candidate for the public offices, the Lex Villia annalis.[1] He later became praetor peregrinus in 171 BC.[2]

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  1. ^ Livy, xl. 44
  2. ^ Broughton, 1. p. 417

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSmith, William (1870). "Annalis". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 180.