[Footnote 61: See Pomponius, (de Origine Juris Pandect. l.
i. tit. ii. leg. 2, No 47,) Heineccius, (ad Institut. l.
i. tit. ii. No. 8, l. ii. tit. xxv. in Element et
Antiquitat.,) and Gravina, (p. 41 - 45.) Yet the monopoly of
Augustus, a harsh measure, would appear with some softening
in contemporary evidence; and it was probably veiled by a
decree of the senate]