The several laws and decrees of the senate made at Rome, both for and against slaves, sometimes to limit, and at other times to facilitate, their enfranchisement, plainly show the embarrassment in which they found themselves in this respect.
Erroman egin ziren legeek eta senatu-kontsultuek, esklaboen kontra eta alde, dela manumisioak oztopatzeko, dela errazteko, argi asko erakusten dute zelako nahaspidea sortu zen alde horretatik.