tribune of the plebs, B. C. 169, proposed the Voconia lex, which was supported by the elder Cato, who spoke in its favour, when he was sixty-five years of age (Liv. Epit. 41 ; Cic. de Senect. 5, pro Balb. 8, Verr. Act. 1.48). Respecting the contents of this important lex, see Dict. of Ant. s. v.