The topos of Divine Testimony in Luke-Acts. James R. McConnell

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See also works cited by Gardner, including Greenridge, “Repeal,” 158–61; W. McDonald, “Clodius,” 164–79; and Weinstock, “Clodius,” 215–22. More recent studies, which have appeared since Gardner’s summary, include: Mitchell, “Leges Clodiae,” 172–76; Linderski, “Römischer Staat und Götterzeichen,” 444–57; and Tatum, “Cicero’s Opposition,” 187–94. All of these essays grapple with the question of exactly what aspect of the Lex Aelia Fufia did Clodius’s law repeal.

      Cicero attributes great significance to this practice. In De legibus, he sheds light on this tradition when he states: “But the highest and most important authority in the State is that of the augurs, to whom is accorded a great influence” (Leg. 2.12.31). He then continues by asking a series of rhetorical questions: “What is of graver import than the abandonment of any business already begun, if a single augur says, ‘On another day?’ What power is more impressive than that of forcing the consuls to resign their offices? What right is more sacred than that of giving or refusing permission to hold an assembly of the people or of the plebeians, or that of abrogating laws illegally passed?” (Leg. 2.12.31).


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