[1396] Dig XIX 2 § 3, and Monro’s note.
[1397] So Cuq, Seeck, Schulten, rightly I think. But in practice I believe the chance seldom occurred.
[1398] Text in Girard, part I chapter 4 § 10.
[1399] This significant hint seems to have been almost normal in such petitions. A good instance is the petition of Scaptoparene (see index, [Inscriptions]).
[1400] It is perhaps worth noting that under Commodus the transport of corn from Africa was specially provided for by the creation of a classis Africana for that purpose. See Lamprid Commodus 17 §§ 7, 8.
[1401] De Coulanges pp 10 foll deals with this point at length, but I think he pushes his conclusions too far.
[1402] Cf the Aragueni (see index, [Inscriptions]) παροίκων καὶ γεωργῶν τῶν ὑμετέρων.
[1403] Dig I 19 § 3¹ is of a later date, but refers to a protective rescript of Antoninus Pius. Cf XLIX 14 § 47¹, L 6 § 6¹¹. See Schulten in Hermes XLI pp 11-16.
[1404] CIL VIII 14428.
[1405] [domum rev]ertamur ubi libere morari possimus.