Note 34 — BOOK I
W. Hamilton (William Hamilton) Fyfe translation
A gold signet-ring was the sign of a free-born Roman knight. Its grant to freedmen was an innovation of which Tacitus disapproved.
W. Hamilton (William Hamilton) Fyfe translation
A gold signet-ring was the sign of a free-born Roman knight. Its grant to freedmen was an innovation of which Tacitus disapproved.