15. indīcere … aliquid: ‘to make any demands on the provinces or the senate.’

16. īnstrumentum rēgiī cultūs: ‘royal furniture.’

22. comparāta: ‘their purchases.’

Ch. 14.

28. obiit: he died at Vindobona, now Vienna.

29. vītae LXI: it is generally said that he died in the fifty-ninth year of his life.

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Ch. 15.

1. L. Antōnīnus Commodus: he was the son of Marcus Aurelius, but like him in no respect. After concluding a disgraceful treaty with the Germans, he hastened to Rome, where he gave himself up to the grossest vices. Creighton, p. 102.

6. in amphitheātrō: he was the conqueror in 735 combats. Nothing delighted him more than to be called the ‘Hercules of Rome.’