lex Claudia de nave senatorum – possibilities of new interpretations

The Author indicates that the evaluation of the lex claudia de nave senatorum issued by Livius was basically dependent on the portrait of gaius Flaminius, the protector of the provision. The posthumous estimate of g. Flaminius portrait coincided with political contestation that gave it harsher and more radical features, as if indicating a political conflict. however, Livy unarguably sees this dispute via the prism of turbulent historical events of the late republic, namely the bloody political conflicts that were so typical in the times of the gracchi. Based of his previous research, the Author postulates that a comprehensive review of Plautus’ works provides an unconventional source of better recognition of Roman customs reflecting social and economic relations.