De lege Iulia ambitus
(Concerning the Julian law with reference to the unlawful seeking of office.)
1 Modestinus libro secundo de poenis. Haec lex in urbe hodie cessat, quia ad curam principis magistratuum creatio pertinet, non ad populi favorem. 1Quod si in municipio contra hanc legem magistratum aut sacerdotium quis petierit, per senatus consultum centum aureis cum infamia punitur. 2Qua lege damnatus si alium convicerit, in integrum restituitur, non tamen pecuniam recipit. 3Item is, qui novum vectigal instituerit, ex senatus consulto hac poena plectitur. 4Et si qui reus vel accusator domum iudicis ingrediatur, per legem Iuliam iudiciariam in legem ambitus committit, id est aureorum centum fisco inferre iubetur.
1 Modestinus, On Punishments, Book II. This law is not at present in force at Rome, because the creation of magistrates is part of the duty of the Emperor, and does not depend upon the favor of the people. 1If anyone in a municipality should violate this law by soliciting either a political or a sacerdotal office, he is by a Decree of the Senate punished by a fine of a hundred aurei, and infamy. 2If anyone condemned under this law convicts another, he shall be entirely restored to his rights, but his money will not be returned. 3Likewise, he who establishes a new tax is liable to this penalty by the Decree of the Senate. 4If either an accused person, or an accuser, enters the house of his judge, he commits an unlawful act according to the Julian Law relating to Judges; that is to say, he will be ordered to pay a hundred aurei to the Treasury.