[1196] Dig XXXIII 7 § 20⁴.
[1197] But that uxor was sometimes loosely used of a slave’s contubernalis is true. Wallon II 207, cf Paulus Sent III 6 §§ 38, 40, Dig XXXIII 7 § 12⁷,³³.
[1198] Mommsen op cit p 409.
[1199] Columella I 9 § 4.
[1200] Plut de defectu oraculorum 8.
[1201] oratio VII, Euboicus seu venator.
[1202] A contemporary of the younger Pliny, flourished about 100 AD.
[1203] I think Nero is meant here.
[1204] Mahaffy, Silver Age p 329, thinks Carystos is meant, though it might be Chalcis.
[1205] ἀφορμῆς. This passage seems openly to recognize the ruinous competition of slave labour under capitalists, which the single artisan was unable to face. The admission is so far as I know very rare in ancient writers. That Dion’s mind was greatly exercised on the subject of slavery in general, is shewn by Orations X, XIV, XV, and many scattered references elsewhere.