[323] GALLIA LUGDUNENSIS. Lugdunian Gaul (_Gallia Lugdunensis_, so called from the principal city Lugdunum, now Lyons) extended from the Seine (_Sequana_) to the Garonne (_Garumna_) and westward to the Atlantic Ocean. On the south, it was separated from the Mediterranean by Narbonensian Gaul. [324] BEQUEATHED TO HIM A SMALL LEGACY. Legacies bequeathed by childless persons to those not connected by ties of blood, played a very important part in the society under the emperors. Legacy-hunting thrived greatly in consequence of its frequent occurrence. [325] IN THE MIDST OF A VERY HUMBLE QUARTER. The right bank of the Tiber, in the (14) district, which bore the name “_Trans Tiberim_,” was inhabited exclusively by tradesfolk, sailors, etc. [326] TITUS. The brother and predecessor of Domitian. [327] THE FLAVII had come into possession of the government with Vespasian, the father of Titus and Domitian. The latter’s full name was: Titus Flavius Domitianus Augustus. [328] JUNIUS RUSTICUS. See Suet. _Dom._ 10; Dio Cass. LXVII. 13. [329] CAEPIO. Suet. _Dom._ 9, mentions a man of this name. [330] CAESAR WAS TO INHERIT HIS FORTUNE. See Suet. _Dom._ 12: “Estates to which the emperor had no claim were seized, if only some one could be found to declare he had heard the dead man, during his life-time, say that the Caesar was to inherit his property.” [331] THE DAUGHTERS OF OUR NOBLEST FAMILIES ARE STOLEN. That this was really to be expected, is proved by the incredible description Dio Cassius gives us of Nero’s conduct, (LXII, 15.) [332] THE SUSPICIOUS TYRANT WHO HAS THE WALLS OF HIS SLEEPING-ROOM LINED WITH MIRRORS. See Suet, _Dom._ 14. [333] THERE ARE TROOPS ENOUGH IN GALLIA LUGDUNENSIS. True, nothing is expressly stated concerning this fact in the reign of Domitian; but as it was the case under Nero, this extremely probable opposition certainly scarcely involves a license. The liberty I take in the treatment of the conspiracy itself, is much greater. Strictly speaking, it was only a revolution in the palace. Considerations more important to the novelist than strict historical accuracy, compel me here to deviate from the accounts of Suetonius and Dio Cassius. [334] RODUMNA on the Liger, (now the Loire). Called at the present day Roanne. [335] ISLANDS OF PONTIA. Now Isole di Ponza, opposite the Gulf of Gaeta. [336] MESSANA. Now Messina. [337] ARICIA. Now Ariccia. [338] LANUVIUM. Now Civita Lavigna. CHAPTER XIX.