 It is also unclear whether the Lex expressly forbade dedications by magistrates of lower rank such as the tribunes and the aediles.Much of what we know about the law is due to its importance in Cicero's action for deconsecration in 57 BC before the College of Pontiffs.Cicero's opponent Clodius had dedicated Cicero's house in Rome as a shrine to Libertas, and Cicero sought relief on the grounds that Clodius' dedication had violated the Lex Papiria.