[1376] See chapter on [the African inscriptions].
[1377] This matter is ably treated at length by Seeck op cit vol I pp 578-83. That they were distinct from coloni and servi is clear from the later constitutions in Cod Theod V 17, 18 (9, 10), XII 19, and Cod Just XI 48 § 13.
[1378] We shall find some reference to them later in the Codes.
[1379] Herodian VII 4 §§ 3-6.
[1380] τοὺς ἐκ τῶν ἀγρῶν οἰκέτας.
[1381] πεισθέντες κελεύουσι τοῖς δεσπόταις.
[1382] φύσει γὰρ πολυάνθρωπος οὖσα ἡ Λιβύη πολλοὺς εἶχε τοὺς τὴν γῆν γεωργοῦντας.
[1383] ὑπερμαχόμενοι τῶν δεσποτῶν.
[1384] Capitolinus Maximin 13 § 4, 14 § 1.
[1385] per rusticanam plebem deinde et quosdam milites interemptus est.