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42.12.

Flacco: governor of Gaul B.C. 83. It was customary for slaves or aliens to become clients of the person from whom they received freedom or citizenship and to take his gentile name (§ 108 (80. a); G. p. 493; H. 354 (649); H-B. 678. 1). Thus, here Procillus takes the name (C. Valerius) of his patron Flaccus, retaining his own ascognomen.civitate donatus erat: § 364 (225. d); G. 348; H. 426. 6 (384.II.2); H-B. 365. b.


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