6. =nepōs Claudī=: ‘the grandnephew of Claudius.’ He was the son of Eutropius, a Dardanian noble, and Claudia, daughter of Chrispus, the brother of Claudius. 14. =pāx convēnit=: Carausius was recognized as a colleague. PAGE 92. CH. 25. 18. =extrīnsecus= ＝ _praetereā_, a late usage. CH. 26. 28. =rēgiae cōnsuētūdinis fōrmam=: Diocletian introduced the customs of an Oriental monarch. He wore the diadem, the robes of silk and gold, and replaced the republican form of salutation by the adoring prostration of the East. CH. 27. 9. =ingravēscente aevō=: he was sixty years old, being born in 245 A.D., and abdicating in 305 A.D. 17. =pompā ferculōrum inlūstrī=: ‘with a famous succession of pictures.’ _Fercula_ are representations of cities, rivers, and other objects in the conquered countries, carried in procession at a triumph. CH. 28. 24. =post nātōs hominēs=: ‘since men were created.’ BOOK X PAGE 94. CH. 1. 11. =adeō … modicī=: ‘of so modest a mode of living.’ 13. =argentō=: ‘silver plate.’ =trīclīnia=: properly a couch for three persons reclining at meals. Here it means the table, which was square, and surrounded on three sides by one-armed couches, while the fourth side remained open for convenience in serving. Each couch accommodated three persons, who reclined upon the left arm. 14. =Gallīs=: he had reserved Gaul for his peculiar province. 17. =Eborācī=: he was on an expedition against the Picts. PAGE 95. CH. 2. 1. =Cōnstantīnus=: known in history as Constantine the Great. The most important change he introduced was the adoption of Christianity as the state religion. The story is told that while marching from Gaul at the head of his legions, he saw in the heavens a luminous cross with this inscription, ‘By this conquer.’ In 313 A.D. he issued the famous Milan decree that gave imperial sanction to the religion of the Christians. Although he openly acknowledged Christianity, his religion was a strange mixture of Christianity and Paganism. Creighton, p. 112. 6. =in vīllā pūblicā=: a building in the Campus Martius, intended for a lodging house or hotel for foreign ambassadors. 11. =quās … habuit=: ‘which he utterly disregarded.’ CH. 3. 18. =nūdāre=: ‘to deprive of his power.’ PAGE 96. CH. 4. 1. =Licinius=: his full name was Publius Flavius Galerius Valerius Licinianus Licinius. By birth he was a Dacian peasant, and an early friend and companion of the Emperor Galerius. He was invested with the command of the Illyrian province in 307 A.D. After the death of Galerius he concluded an arrangement with Maximinus, by which the Hellespont and the Bosporus were to form the boundary of the two empires. After his marriage with the sister of Constantine, he and Constantine strove with each other for the undivided sovereignty of the Roman world. CH. 5. 20. =apud Cibalās=: this was in the great battle of Adrianople, July, 323 A.D., and was followed by the reduction of Byzantium. CH. 6.