FOOTNOTES:
[168] Of the forty-five emperors from the first to the third century, twenty-nine died by assassination.
[169] Other considerations also led to the change of capital—ED.
[170] There were often two emperors, one in the East, the other in the West, but there was but one empire. The two emperors, though they may have resided, one in Constantinople and the other in Italy, were considered as being but one person. In addressing one of them the word "you" (in the plural) was used, as if both were addressed at the same time. This was the first use of the pronoun of the second person in the plural for such a purpose; for throughout antiquity even kings and emperors were addressed in the singular.
[171] The number under Diocletian was 101; under Constantine (Bury's Gibbon, ii., 170), 116.—ED.
[172] Without counting the ancient titles of consul and præter, which were still preserved, and the new title of patrician which was given by special favor.
[173] Of inferior rank.
[174] We know the whole system by an official almanac of about the year 419, entitled Notitia Dignitatum, a list of all the civil and military dignities and powers in the East and West. Each dignitary has a special section preceded by an emblem which represents his honors.
[175] It met in 325.—ED.