[336] Politicus 262 d.

[337] Politicus 289-90, Republ 371, Laws 742 a.

[338] Republ 467 a, Laws 720 a, b.

[339] Laws 762 e.

[340] Laws 823.

[341] Republ 344 b.

[342] Republ 435 e-436 a, Laws 747 c.

[343] Rep 423 b, 452 c, 544 d, Laws 840 e.

[344] Laws 886 a, 887 e.

[345] It is not easy to reach a firm opinion on this matter. The inscribed records are nearly all of a much later age. But even a more informal method of manumission would surely, if common, have left more clearly marked traces in literature. See Index, [Manumission].