Re: Tacitus quotation

From: "Peter H.M. Brooks" <peter@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 07:55:14 +0200

Lance wrote:

Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
  [Lat., Liberatem natura etiam mutis animalibus datam.]
      - Annales (IV, 17) [Liberty]
I was interested in the above quotation given our recent discussion of slavery in the classical world.

> I'm not quite sure why - do you think that he is contrasting mute animals (those we consider to be non-human) with speaking animals (slave)?

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References:
- Tacitus quotation
  - From: Lance

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