De lege Iulia de annona
(Concerning the Julian law on provisions.)
1 Marcianus libro secundo institutionum. Constitit inter servum et dominum iudicium, si annonam publicam fraudasse dicat dominum.
1 Marcianus, Institutes, Book II. A criminal action can be brought by a slave against his master, if the former alleges that his master has committed fraud with reference to provisions belonging to the public.
2 Ulpianus libro nono de officio proconsulis. Lege Iulia de annona poena statuitur adversus eum, qui contra annonam fecerit societatemve coierit, quo annona carior fiat. 1Eadem lege continetur, ne quis navem nautamve retineat aut dolo malo faciat, quo magis detineatur: 2Et poena viginti aureorum statuitur.
2 Ulpianus, On the Duties of Proconsul, Book IX. By the Julian Law relating to Provisions a penalty is prescribed against him who commits any act, or forms any association by means of which the price of provisions may be increased. 1It is provided by the saine law that no one shall detain a ship or a sailor, or maliciously commit any act by which delay may be caused. 2The penalty prescribed is a fine of twenty aurei.
3 Papirius Iustus libro primo de constitutionibus. Imperatores Antoninus et Verus Augusti in haec verba rescripserunt: ‘minime aequum est decuriones civibus suis frumentum vilius quam annona exigit vendere’. 1Item scripserunt ius non esse ordini cuiusque civitatis pretium grani quod invenitur statuere. item in haec verba rescripserunt: ‘Etsi non solent hoc genus nuntiationis mulieres exercere, tamen quia demonstraturam te quae ad utilitatem annonae pertinent polliceris, praefectum annonae docere potes’.
3 Papirius Justus, On the Constitutions, Book I. The Emperors Antoninus and Verus stated in a Rescript: “It is anything but just for decurions to sell grain to their fellow citizens at a lower price than the supply of provisions requires.” 1They likewise asserted that the magistrates of any city had no right to fix the price of grain which was imported. They also stated the following in a Rescript: “Although it is not customary for women to give this kind of information, still, if you promise that you can furnish information which will be to the benefit of the Department of Subsistence, you can communicate it to the prefect of that branch of the public service.”