Lex Plautia Papiria

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The Lex Plautia Papiria de Civitate Sociis Danda (89 BCE) expanded on Roman citizenship legislation enacted the previous year in the Lex Julia de Civitate Latinis Danda. It stated that an individual was eligible for citizenship if they met three criteria:

That he was a citizen of a city allied to Rome
That he had a domicile in Italy when the law was passed (i.e., one could not establish the domicile in Italy after the passing of the law for the purpose of becoming a Roman citizen.)
The he present himself to a Praetor within sixty days of the passing of the law

The Lex Plautia was used as the basis for granting citizenship to Aulus Licinius Archias.