[826] The γῆ κληρουχική, assigned in κλῆροι to soldiers.
[827] See Herodotus II 165-7, cf 141, Strabo XV 1 § 40 (p 704), § 34 (p 701), § 54 (p 710), cf Diodorus II 40-1, Arrian Indica 10 §§ 8, 9. The references to slave-traffic in the Periplus maris Erythraei do not really imply existence of a slave-system in India. See Rapson Ancient India p 97. Much of interest in Sir J D Rees, The real India, on the Land-system etc. In The early history of India by V A Smith the existence of slavery in India is maintained.
[828] See Dionysius II 28, cf 8, 9.
[829] The operae referred to in the African inscriptions.
[830] It is possible to see a beginning of this system in the tenancy-on-shares (the colonia partiaria) which we find not only in Italy but in Africa as a recognized plan.
[831] This is the view of Rostowzew Röm Colonat p 397.
[832] Hor Sat II 7 23, Epist II 1 139-40.
[833] Hor Odes I 12.
[834] Odes II 15, 18, Sat II 6 6-15.
[835] Odes III 6.