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A Roman slave on being manumitted was called a freedman (libertinus) and became a citizen.
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The manner in which he, the son of a _libertinus_, speaks of
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858 Various
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That he conferred upon Horace a knight's office probably indicates that the libertinus pater had been a war captive rather than a man of servile stock, and, therefore, only technically a “freedman.”
Vergil Frank, Tenney, 1876-1939 1922
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The prætor considered it no more than equitable that the libertinus should leave one-half his property to his former master.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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Roman citizen (libertus or libertinus) with full civil rights, [355] remaining, however, according to ancient custom, in a certain position of moral subordination to his late master, owing him respect, and aid if necessary.
Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero W. Warde Fowler 1884
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Some have thought he was a freed-man (libertinus), as the Romans devolved the healing art on persons of this class and on their slaves, as an occupation beneath themselves.
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A “libertinus” was the son of a “libertus.”] [Footnote 27: _As it were a censure_) -- Ver.
The Comedies of Terence Literally Translated into English Prose, with Notes Terence 1847
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The latter says that two thousand persons died every day at Rome, during a considerable length of time.] [Footnote 26: Tuneque primum tres praefecti praetorio fuere: inter quos libertinus.
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 Edward Gibbon 1765
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The latter says that two thousand persons died every day at Rome, during a considerable length of time.] 26 Tuneque primum tres praefecti praetorio fuere: inter quos libertinus.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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