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agrorum_,” _i.e._, as to the maximum size of rural properties. It has been conjectured that he made a mistake, and that he meant to speak of the _ager publicus_; but this is very doubtful. Varro, _de re rustica_ 1, 2, and Columella, 1, 3, understand the law as Livy does; they...
agrorum_,” _i.e._, as to the maximum size of rural properties. It has been conjectured that he made a mistake, and that he meant to speak of the _ager publicus_; but this is ver...
2. chapter xxvi. follows chapter xxv., where Tacitus has said that thesoil is cultivated by slaves, each paying certain dues to his master. After a sort of parenthesis on the freedmen, he returns to these _cultores_. He shows how they farm, and he...
3. Chapter X. of the _Topics_. Let us see whether in this case it canapply to the frontiers of a people. Cicero, giving an example of a definition, writes: “When you say _si de finibus controversia est_, the boundaries of private estates are clea...