LEX PAPIA POPPEA

lex Papia Poppea (leks pay-pee-[schwa] pah-pee-[schwa]). [Latin] Roman law. A law proposed by the consuls Papius and Poppeus at the request of Augustus. • It is usu. considered with the lex Julia de maritandis ordinibus as one law. — Also termed Papian law; Poppean law. See lex Julia de maritandis ordinibus under LEX JULIA.