Note 63 — Chapter XIII · THE MACEDONIAN AND SYRIAC WARS AND THE THIRD PUNIC WAR (200-131 B.C.)

These Leges Tabellariæ (as the Romans called them, tabella being their word for a ballot) were four in number: (1) The Gabinian (139 B.C.), introducing the use of the ballot at elections. (2) The Cassian (137), introducing it in all state-trials, except in the case of high-treason (perduellio). (3) The Papirian (131), introducing it into the Legislative Assembly. (4) The Cælian (107), which cancelled the single exception made by the Cassian Law.