[GAIUS libro septimo ad edictum prouinciale. ] §9.2.2.prLege Aquilia capite primo cauetur: 'ut qui seruum seruamue alienum alienamue quadrupedem uel pecudem iniuria occiderit, quanti id in eo anno plurimi fuit, tantum aes dare domino damnas esto': et infra deinde cauetur, ut aduersus infitiantem in duplum actio esset. §9.2.2.1Ut igitur apparet, seruis nostris exaequat quadrupedes, quae pecudum numero sunt et gregatim habentur, ueluti oues caprae boues equi muli asini.
[GAIUS, from the seventh book on the Provincial Edict.]\n\nBy the first chapter of the Lex Aquilia it is provided: 'that whoever shall have unlawfully killed a slave, male or female, belonging to another, or a four-footed animal or beast which is classed among cattle, shall be condemned to pay to the owner whatever was the highest value thereof in that year': and it is further provided below that an action lies for double the amount against one who denies liability.\n\nThus, as it appears, it places on an equal footing with our slaves those four-footed animals which are in the category of cattle and are kept in herds, such as sheep, goats, cattle, horses, mules, and donkeys.
sed an sues pecudum appellatione continentur, quaeritur: et recte Labeoni placet contineri.
But it is asked whether pigs are included under the term 'cattle'; and Labeo rightly holds that they are included.
sed canis inter pecudes non est.
But a dog is not among cattle.
longe magis bestiae in eo numero non sunt, ueluti ursi leones pantherae.
Much less are wild beasts in that number, such as bears, lions, and panthers.
elefanti autem et cameli quasi mixti sunt (nam et iumentorum operam praestant et natura eorum fera est) et ideo primo capite contineri eas oportet.
Elephants, however, and camels are, as it were, of a mixed nature (for they perform the work of draft animals, yet their nature is wild); and therefore they ought to be included under the first chapter.