Petition of a soldier against his cousin over a forced acknowledgment of debt TM 9141Arsinoites
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A petition by the legionary soldier Gaius Julius Agrippinus to the iuridicus Calpurnianus, enclosing a copy of his earlier petition to the prefect Lucius Valerius Proculus. He complains that his cousin Julius Saturninus forced him, while still a minor, to sign a note for a deposit of 8 gold minas allegedly owed by his late father, and then fraudulently obtained an order to seize his property worth over 10 talents.
In English machine translation
The Laetorian law (lex Laetoria) protected persons under 25 from being defrauded in transactions. Valerius Proculus was prefect around AD 144-147, so the year 10 is probably of Antoninus Pius (AD 147).
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