Note 232-10 — Chapter II
John J. (John Joseph) Lalor translation
Hence, early limited by law. Sueton.. Caes. 10. Augustus limited the exiles to taking 20 slaves with them: Dio Cass. VII, 27. Special value attached to dwarfs, buffoons, hermaphrodites, eunuchs, precisely as among the moderns in the times of the degenerated absolutist courts, the luxury of which is closely allied in many respects to that of declining nations.