Perduellio

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In Roman law, perduellio was roughly equivalent to high treason. It had its roots in military offences such as bearing arms against the state. Cases of perduellio were tried by the Comitia Centuriata.

This offence was eventually replaced by the law of majestas in the late Republic.

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