Poison hemlock (Conium maculatum L.) in Ancient Medicine and Roman Law by Dagmara Skrzywanek-Jaworska, Konrad Tadajczyk

“…Beginning in the late republic, poisoners were punished on the basis of the Lex Cornelia de sicariis et veneficis issued in 81 BC by the Roman dictator Cornelius Sulla. After Octavian Augustus took over (27 BC), this law was not repealed but transformed over time into a general law against homicide (homicidium) and remained in force even after the fall of the Western Roman Empire. …”
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Execution of the highest power in military sphere by the dictators of Early by Dementieva, Vera

“…The Roman dictators regularily (invested with power by the Roman state in the 5th – 3rd bce с. in the situations of serious military treats to the Republic) had to accomplish three legally regulated public acts. …”
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