=Petrōniō Secundō, Partheniō=: Nerva could not prevent the Praetorian soldiers from putting them to death. PAGE 74. 3. =aetātis … annō=: Eutropius is mistaken. He was sixty-five years old when he died. 4. =inter Dīvōs relātus est=: cf. _Dīvus appellātus_, Bk. VII, 10. CH. 2. 5. =Trāiānus=: Marcus Ulpius Traian was born at Italica near Seville in Spain, September 18, 52 A.D. He was trained to arms, and rose through the various offices to the rank of praetor. He was adopted by Nerva in 97 A.D. After Nerva’s death he became emperor, being the first Roman emperor who was born out of Italy. He was a great soldier and a good administrator. Good sense, a knowledge of the world, and sound judgment characterized him. Just and sincere in his desire for the happiness of the people, he was one of the best emperors that governed Rome. He crushed the Dacians, successfully waged war against the Parthians, and brought peace and prosperity to the whole Roman world. Creighton, p. 99; _The Age of the Antonines_, Ch. II. 13. =Dāciam=: Trajan conducted two campaigns against the Dacians, 101-103 A.D. and 104-106 A.D. On his return from the second campaign he celebrated a triumph and entertained the people with games lasting 123 days. “It is said that 11,000 animals were slaughtered during these amusements, and that 10,000 gladiators fought in the arena.” 16. =tenuit= ＝ _habuit_. CH. 3. 17. =Armeniam=: Trajan began this campaign in 114 A.D. The winter of the same year he spent at Antioch. During the next two years he conquered the greater part of the Parthian empire, taking the capital city Ctesiphon. PAGE 75. CH. 4. 3. =amīcōs … frequentāns=: ‘going often to his friends to salute them.’ 4. =fēstōs diēs habuissent=: ‘they were celebrating feast days.’ =indiscrēta=: ‘with no distinction of rank.’ 6. =nihil … agēns=: his finances were prosperous, partly owing to good management, and partly from the success of certain mining operations in Dacia. 9. =per orbem … multa=: “He constructed several good roads in the provinces and Italy; among them was the road across the Pomptine Marshes. At Ostia he built a large new basin. At Rome he constructed the aqueduct called by his name, built a theater in the Campus Martius, and, above all, made the Forum Traianum, with its basilicas and libraries, and his column in the center.” 10. =nihil nōn=: the figure of Litotes, affirming a thing by denying its contrary; cf. _nōn compāruisset_, Bk. I, 2. CH. 5. 19. =bellī domīque=: H. 484, 2 (426, 2); M. 242, 2; A. & G. 258, _d_; G. 411, 2; B. 232, 2. 20. =Seleuciam=: it is generally stated that he lived to reach Selinus in Cilicia, where he died in August, 117 A.D. 23. =sōlus … sepultus est=: he was the only one of the emperors who was buried within the city. This privilege was enjoyed by the Vestal Virgins.