7. glōriae invidēns: more probably he saw that the Empire had become too large to be governed successfully.
Ch. 7.
17. orbem Rōmānum circumiit: he visited every province in the Empire, correcting abuses, and examining the administration of government.
18. multa aedificāvit: among other famous buildings the Mausoleum of Hadrian, now called the Castle of St. Angelo.
Ch. 8.
27. T. Antōnīnus: his full name was Titus Aurelius Fulvius Boionius Antoninus, called Pius because he persuaded the senate to grant to his adopted father Hadrian the apotheosis and other honors usually paid to deceased emperors. “His reign is almost a blank in history—a blank caused by a suspension for a time of war, violence, and crime.” Although he waged no war for conquest, he defended the provinces with vigor, warring against the Moors and Britons, and the untamed races of the Rhine and the Danube. Creighton, p. 101; The Age of the Antonines, Ch. IV.
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6. bonīs honōrem habēns: ‘paying respect to the good.’
14. Lorium: in Etruria on the Via Aurelia.