Note 030
From Chapter 31 of the Decline & Fall

Volusius, a wealthy senator (Tacitus Annals iii. 30), always preferred tenants born on the estate. Columella, who received this maxim from him, argues very judiciously on the subject. De Re Rustica, 1. i. c. 7, p. 408, edit. Gesner. Leipzig, 1735

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