Controversia IV AD
Aug. - Rhet. (Aug.Rhet.16)
Text
Petebat ab alio usuram, quasi pecuniae creditae; ille accepisse se pecuniam confitebatur, sed depositam et idcirco velle se restituere sortem sine usura. Pendente interea iudicio, lex de novis tabulis lata est: repetit ille, quasi depositam, ille retinet quasi creditam.
Translation
A man asked another man (to pay) the interest for the money that - as he mantained - he had lent him; the other one admitted that he had received the money, but as a deposit, and therefore (he said) he was willing to pay back the amount without interest. While the case was pending, a bill on the abolition of debts was presented: the first man asks for the payment of the money as if it were a deposit, the second one keeps it as if it were a debit.
Main Characters
Lender
Characters
Debtor
Issues
Aporos - asystaton
Accusations
Payment of the interest
Narrative themes
Debit, Deposit, Interest
Legal references
Lex de novis tabulis - debt