Lex Claudia

…only senator to support the Lex Claudia of Quintus Claudius (218), which forbade senators to engage in commerce.

…trade were limited by the Claudian law of 218 prohibiting them from owning large ships. Wealthy Romans thus used the proceeds of war to buy out their smaller neighbors. As a result of this process of acquisition, most senatorial estates consisted of scattered small farms. The notorious latifundia, the extensive…