28. rēgiae cōnsuētūdinis fōrmam: Diocletian introduced the customs of an Oriental monarch. He wore the diadem, the robes of silk and gold, and replaced the republican form of salutation by the adoring prostration of the East.
Ch. 27.
9. ingravēscente aevō: he was sixty years old, being born in 245 A.D., and abdicating in 305 A.D.
17. pompā ferculōrum inlūstrī: ‘with a famous succession of pictures.’ Fercula are representations of cities, rivers, and other objects in the conquered countries, carried in procession at a triumph.
Ch. 28.
24. post nātōs hominēs: ‘since men were created.’
Book X
Page 94.
Ch. 1.
11. adeō … modicī: ‘of so modest a mode of living.’