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Saturninus, in the year 100, when attacked by Marius under orders from the senate, had hoisted a pilleus, or cap of liberty which the emancipated slave wore, as a signal to the slaves of the city that they might expect their liberty if they supported him; [356] and Marius
Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero W. Warde Fowler 1884
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