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The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

CHAPTER II: The Internal Prosperity In The Age Of The Antonines
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334 .-- G.) The testimony of Appian (B.C.

l.i.c.

7) is decisive in favor of the rapid multiplication of the agricultural slaves; it is confirmed by the numbers engaged in the servile wars.
Compare also Blair, p.

119; likewise Columella l.

viii .-- M.] [Footnote 49: See in Gruter, and the other collectors, a great number of inscriptions addressed by slaves to their wives, children, fellow-servants, masters, &c.


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