dardanarii
Regratarii.
In hujusmodi homines invehitur S. Ambros. Offic. 3. 6. Vide Lexicon. Martinii.Dardanarii qui annonæ pretium intendunt, in crate traducendi a Suprema ad portam Neptuni, quam Neccariam vocant ; atque ita eliminandus est sine ulla relaxatione pœnæ in æternum exilium.
DARDANARII
DARDANA´RIIforestallers, who purchased corn to sell at a high price, were severely punished in imperial times (Dig. 47, 11, 6; 48, 19, 37). (Plin. Nat.30.9; Apul. Apol. p. 331; Colum. 10.358; Turneb. Adversar. 9.17.)
[W.S]Dardanarii
Monopolists at Rome who purchased and held grain in order to sell it at a high price. They were liable to severe punishment under the Empire. See Plin. H. N. xxx. 9; Dig. 47, 11. 6.