Government bodies in ancient Rome during different historical periods were formed on elective principles. The transition from one epoch to another qualitatively affected the electoral system. However, the corruption component of electoral procedures remained unchanged throughout the whole period under study. Depending on the forms and ways of manifestation of electoral corruption, the system of legislation in this area also changed. The purpose of the article is to analyze a number of provisions of the Roman law aimed at combating corruption in the sphere of electoral relations in ancient Rome from the fifth through the first century BC. Based on the materials of this research, we make some conclusions concerning the relation between the number of anti-corruption election laws adopted, the quality of sanctions provided in these laws for unlawful acts and the scale of electoral corruption.
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