Note 394 — Chapter XXI · THE LEGAL POSITION OF THE JEWS IN THE LATER EMPIRE
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The distinction is thoroughgoing in the penal clauses cited in the Digest. It was already established in Trajan’s time (Plin. Ep. X. lxxix. 3). It is implied in Suetonius, Gaius, 27: multos honesti ordinis. It is doubtful, however, whether the distinction was already recognized in the time of Caligula.