According to historian Michael Rostovtzeff, administrators "tried to regulate and to systematize [the institution], but without success, for so long as the practice existed, it was bound to produce evil effects.
Hi ku ya hi n'wamatimu Michael Rostovtzeff, vafambisi "va ringete ku lawula [mukhuva lowu], kambe va tsandzekile; ntsendze loko wa ha ya emahlweni, a swi boha leswaku wu tisa vuyelo byo biha.