books.google.com - Dr. Mirkovi, professor of Ancient History at Belgrade University analyzes the colonate of the Later Roman Empire as a historical phenomenon. The status of coloni (tenant farmers who were legally free) represents as much a legal as a sociological problem; although they were free, coloni were tied to another's...http://books.google.com/books/about/The_Later_Roman_Colonate_and_Freedom.html?id=bC4LAAAAIAAJ&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Later Roman Colonate and Freedom