12-14-2005, 10:21 AM
Quote:...but perhaps they counted as Imperial possessions.
The elephant of Aurelian was given as a present for Roman emperor (In Juvenal, xii.106‑107 elephants are designated as Caesaris armentum, nulli servire paratum | privato - http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/R ... tml#note23 ) and it means that Imperial possession and Aurelian privat possession are the same.
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