4. tumultū mīlitārī: the soldiers mutinied because he had employed them in laborious public works.
Ch. 18.
14. oculōrum dolōre correptus: ‘affected with a disease of the eye.’
Ch. 19.
24. mātrimōnia: cf. mātrimōnia, Ch. 9.
Page 90.
4. Dioclētiānum: he was born near Salona in Dalmatia. He rose in the army from one position to another until on the assassination of Numerianus he was chosen emperor. He made a great change in the system of government. In 286 A.D. he associated Maximianus with himself as a colleague and gave him the title of Augustus. Six years later, 292 A.D., Constantius Chlorus and Galerius were proclaimed Caesars, and the government of the Roman world was divided among four men, Diocletian taking the East, with Nicomedia as his residence; Maximianus taking Italy and Africa, with Milan as his residence; Constantius taking Britain, Gaul, and Spain, with Treves as his residence; Galerius taking Illyricum and the whole line of the Danube, with Sirmium as his residence. This division was natural and possessed many advantages. It was the only way that the falling empire could be preserved, and a semblance of union retained. Creighton, p. 109.
Ch. 21.
22. strēnuae mīlitiae ōrdine: ‘by a course of active service.’
24. accēpisset: sc. imperium.