When, under Nero, they demanded of the senate permission for the masters to reduce again to slavery the ungrateful freedmen, the emperor declared that it was their duty to decide the affairs of individuals, and to make no general decree.
Neronen aldian, senatuari zera eskatu zitzaionean, liberto esker txarrekoak atzera esklabotzan jartzeko bidea emateko ugazabei, enperadoreak idatzi zuen auziak banan-banan epaitu behar zirela, ezin zela orokorki erabaki.