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V. XI. The State-Hierarchy III. XII. The Management of the Land and Its Capital Primum improbantur ii quaestus, qui in odia hominum incurrunt, ut portitorum, ut feneratorum. Illiberales autem et sordidi quaestus mercenariorum omnium, quorum operae, nonaries emuntur. Est autem in illis ipsa merces auctoramentum servitutis.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome, Book V : The Establishment of the Military Monarchy

V. XI. The State-Hierarchy III. XII. The Management of the Land and Its Capital Primum improbantur ii quaestus, qui in odia hominum incurrunt, ut portitorum, ut feneratorum. Illiberales autem et sordidi quaestus mercenariorum omnium, quorum operae, nonaries emuntur. Est autem in illis ipsa merces auctoramentum servitutis.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5)