Domitian had spent 12,000 talents (£2,400,000) on the gilding alone; Plutarch, Publ. 15.
i.e. "leaders of a thousand."
130,000 Roman pounds; cf. Book I. xxii. 4. The modern equivalent is unknown.
Placidia's sister, Eudocia, was wife of Honorio, Gizeric's son.
See chap. iv. 27.