misthotoi

Updated: August 11, 2026

According to all analogy the right to keep -ambacti-, that is, doouloi misthotoi , cannot have belonged to the Celtic nobility from the outset, but must only have developed itself gradually in antagonism to the older monarchy and to the equality of the free commons.

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

According to all analogy the right to keep -ambacti-, that is, doouloi misthotoi , cannot have belonged to the Celtic nobility from the outset, but must only have developed itself gradually in antagonism to the older monarchy and to the equality of the free commons.

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