came from Cadiz. Vocco could not discover anyone in Hippo
who had ever heard of a slave-dealer named Jegius.

When Vocco returned to Rome with his report Brinnaria set in
motion all the forces of her world which could be utilized under
the circumstances. Aurelius was on the Rhine frontier, but
Brinnaria had, by this time, a close acquaintance with all important
court officers and was on terms of the utmost cordiality with the
officials who governed Rome in the Emperor's absence. They
sympathized with her and put at her disposal all the machinery
of the government secret service. They agreed with her that the
matter must be kept quiet, there must be no proclamations,
posters, no rewards offered by crier or placard, no publishing
of descriptions. With emphatic injunctions of secrecy they
sent warnings to every provincial governor, to every local
magistrate, to the aldermen of every free city, to institute
unobtrusive investigations and to keep unostentatious watch.
Brinnaria insisted that these mandates should be sent all over
the Empire, pointing out that no one could conjecture what
port of the Mediterranean or of the Black Sea might be the
destination of any nameless trading ship. But, with special
care, full orders were distributed throughout Spain.

Towards Spain, likewise, Brinnaria directed the energies of those
organizations of the ancient world which were analogous to our
modern private detective bureaus, and upon Spain she focussed
the energies of the managers of the racing companies.

These great corporations were among the most important
money-making enterprises of the Roman world. They maintained