Labeonis pithanorum libri a Paulo epitomatorum
Ex libro VIII
Dig. 49,15,30Idem libro octavo pithanon a Paulo epitomatorum. Si id, quod nostrum hostes ceperunt, eius generis est, ut postliminio redire possit: simul atque ad nos redeundi causa profugit ab hostibus et intra fines imperii nostri esse coepit, postliminio redisse existimandum est. Paulus: immo cum servus civis nostri ab hostibus captus inde aufugit et vel in urbe Roma ita est, ut neque in domini sui potestate sit neque ulli serviat, nondum postliminio redisse existimandum est.
The Same, Epitomes of Probabilities by Paulus, Book VIII. If anything which our enemies have taken from us is of such a nature that it can return by the law of postliminium, as soon as it escapes from the enemy for the purpose of returning to us and comes within the boundaries of our empire, it should be considered to have returned under the law of postliminium. Paulus: But when a slave of one of our citizens, after having been captured by the enemy, escapes from them, and remains at Rome without either being under the control of his master, or in the service of anyone else, it should be held that he has not yet returned under the law of postliminium.