occīsō Odenāthō: it is said that he was assassinated and that Zenobia had a hand in it.

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Ch. 15.

2. Dāciam … intermīsit: he made the Danube the boundary of the empire, as Augustus had done.

8. servī: the private secretary of the emperor. He is generally said to have been a freedman.

13. mors … fuit: Tacitus had the assassins put to death soon after the beginning of his reign.

Ch. 17.

21. Probus: his full name was Marcus Aurelius Probus. He was as just and virtuous as he was warlike, and is deservedly regarded as one of the greatest and best of the Roman emperors.

27. apud Sirmium: it was his birthplace.

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