Note 85 — Chapter I · THE EARLIEST CONSTITUTION OF ROME
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Instances are given in Voigt (Zwölf Tafeln ii 94). M. Fabius Buteo (223-218 B.C.) put his son to death as a punishment for theft (Oros. iv. 13), and a certain Pontius Aufidianus his daughter for immorality (Val. Max. vi. 1, 3); there are also instances of banishment inflicted by the father, presumably under the threat of inflicting the death penalty if the children returned.