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.
24. in forō: the Forum Trāiānum was probably the most magnificent of all the Roman fora. It occupied a large space between the Capitoline and the Quirinal Hills, the latter of which was cut away to make room for it. Among the many buildings it contained were two libraries, one for Latin and the other for Greek manuscripts. It contained also the famous Column of Trajan. This column, composed of huge drums of white marble, is pierced within. A bas-relief of the chief events of the Dacian war winds round the shaft. It is still standing.
25. CXLIV pedēs: this was the height of the Quirinal Hill that was cut away.
26. habet ＝ est.
hūius … dēlātum est: ‘so much respect has been paid to his memory.’
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3. Aelius Hadriānus: Publius Aelius Hadrian was with Trajan when the latter died. With the consent of the Syrian army he assumed the reins of government and his act was ratified by the senate. Although he lost some of the territory that Trajan had added to the Empire, he strengthened and united the remainder. He was, in general, a just and able ruler; yet at times he showed himself revengeful, suspicious, and cruel. He died of dropsy at Baiae, 138 A.D., in the sixty-third year of his life. Creighton, p. 100; The Age of the Antonines, Ch. III.