Now when this slave is freed, by the owner, the slave could take the peculium with him, and then he could set up his own business, but he'd still be a client of the owner, because he's still officially part of his household.

等到奴隶关系解除时，他可以拿走那些私产，开始自己的生意，但他仍是主人的被庇护人，因为他仍是家户中的一员。

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A group of people starts a business and they say, let's divide up the proceeds.

一群人想要做一笔生意,他们说,我们把钱分了吧

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So you'd have a patron who would be higher class, richer, more powerful, have some political power, and you would be loyal to your patron, and your patron would then represent you in court, try to get you jobs, try to get you more business, do all the kinds of things that patrons do for their clients.

要找个比你社会地位高，比你有钱有权，有一定政治影响力的庇护人，你也要忠诚于他，庇护人会在法庭上代表你，帮你找工作，帮你介绍生意，各种庇护人为被庇护人做的事。

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