concept
freed by the scales and the bronze
scales and the bronze
also: per aes et libram
The formal release of a debtor by the rite of the bronze and the balance, by which Manlius publicly discharged the captive centurion's debt.
Reading notes
- The History of Rome, Book 6 §14 freed by the scales and the bronze
The formal release of a debtor by the rite of the bronze and the balance, by which Manlius publicly discharged the captive centurion's debt.