Note 394 — Chapter VIII · CONNEXION BETWEEN THE ROMAN LAND SYSTEM AND THE LATER MANORIAL SYSTEM.
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In the division of the land between the Romans and Visigoths the amount allotted 'per singula aratra' was to be 50 aripennes (i.e. 25 jugera). Lex Visigothorum, x. 1, 14 (A.D. 650 or thereabouts).
The Liber Coloniarum I. describes the 'ager jugarius' as 'in quinquagenis jugeribus,' the 'ager meridianus in xxv. jugeribus.' Lachmann, i. 247. Here we have the normal divisions of the centuria of 200 jugera into holdings of 25 and 50 jugera. On the other hand, the Lex Thoria, B.C. 111, fixed 30 jugera as the largest holding to be recognised on the public lands. Rudorff, p. 213 (Corp. Jur. Lat. 200, 1. 14).