En una ocasión se propuso, para identificarlos a simple vista, poner uniforme a los esclavos; pero en seguida se vio que podría ser peligroso que los esclavos pudiera darse cuenta de cuántos eran.
Edward Gibbon: Historia de la decadencia y caída del Imperio romano
It was once proposed to discriminate the slaves by a peculiar habit; but it was justly apprehended that there might be some danger in acquainting them with their own numbers.
It was once proposed to discriminate the slaves by a peculiar habit; but it was justly apprehended that there might be some danger in acquainting them with their own numbers.