Reference for Avodah Zarah 12:6

A ducenarius³⁶Latin, “referring to 200”. If this describes an administrator, the reference is to an official such a prefect, procurator, receiving a salary of 200 sestertia(2’000 gold denarii), if a soldier, a commander of 200 men. honored Rebbi Jehudah the Prince³⁷The grandson of Rebbi. with a plate full of denarii. He took one of them and sent the remainder to him. He asked Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish who said, he shall bring the value to the Dead Sea³⁸“Bringing something to the Dead Sea” means destroying it, since the Dead Sea corrodes and destroys all metal thrown into it. Babli 6b.. But was he not an acquaintance and it was in the past? Rebbi Abbahu said, did not Rabban Gamliel ben Rebbi asked me, may one go to a fair³⁹This refers only to fairs which are in honor of some divinity. There is no limit to visits to government-organized fairs (Tosephta 1:7)., and I forbade it to him, although it was stated⁴⁰Tosephta 1:8; Babli 13a.: “one goes to fairs and buys there male and female slaves.” Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish said, not only Jewish slaves⁴¹Circumcised slaves who were property of another Jew. This cannot refer to Jews sold as slaves since it is very meritorious to redeem Jews from slavery and does not need special permission. but even Gentiles, because he brings them under the wings of the Shekhina⁴²The Divine Presence. Since the slave becomes a semi-Jew, in the words of the Babli (13b) buying Gentile slaves “diminishes the number of idolators in the world.”. What about this? Rabban Gamliel was a minor personality and Rebbi Abbahu desired to confine him⁴³R. Abbahu did not want to abrogate the general permission for a meritorious intent to visit fairs dedicated to pagan divinities; he only thought that a public personality who probably would be unable to define the limits between per- mitted and forbidden intent should not give a bad example to the people.. But Rebbi Judan the Prince was an important person and Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish wanted to limit the matter⁴⁴While trade is permitted, accepting gifts distributed by a pagan on his holiday essentially is forbidden even though the gift should be accepted to improve intercommunal peace..