The Lex Scantinia (less often Scatinia) is a poorly documented Roman law that penalized stuprum (criminalized sexual behavior or "sex crime") against a freeborn male minor (ingenuus or praetextatus). The primary use of the Lex Scantinia seems to have been harassing political opponents whose lifestyles opened them to criticism as being passive homosexuals or pederasts in the Hellenistic manner.
The Lex Scantinia (less often Scatinia) is a poorly documented Roman law that penalized stuprum (criminalized sexual behavior or "sex crime") against a freeborn male minor (ingenuus or praetextatus). The primary use of the Lex Scantinia seems to have been harassing political opponents whose lifestyles opened them to criticism as being passive homosexuals or pederasts in the Hellenistic manner.
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