De re militari libri
Ex libro II
Dig. 49,16,7Tarruntenus Paternus libro secundo de re militari. Proditores transfugae plerumque capite puniuntur et exauctorati torquentur: nam pro hoste, non pro milite habentur.
Tarruntenus Paternus, On Military Affairs, Book II. Traitors and deserters are generally tortured and punished with death, after having been discharged; for they are considered as enemies, and not as soldiers.