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.
Page 80.
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.’