Note 139 — Chapter XIII · THE EDICT.
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“Est autem sabaia ex hordeo vel frumento in liquorem conversis paupertinus in Illyrico potus.” “Sabaia is the drink of the poor in Illyria, made of barley or wheat, transformed into a liquid.” Ammian. Marcellinus, lib. xxvi. 8, p. 422, ed. Lips.