1052 ([return])
[ And consequently by the Roman laws unapplicable to any other purpose. M.]
1053 ([return])
[ The Roman provinces in the times of the emperors were of two sorts: those which were distinguished by the name of the provinciae Cæsaris and the provinciae senatus. The provinciae Cæsaris, or imperial provinces, were such as the emperor, for reasons of policy, reserved to his own immediate administration, or of those whom he thought proper to appoint: the provinciae senatus, or proconsular provinces, were such as he left to the government of proconsuls or praetors, chosen in the ordinary method of election. (Vid. Suet, in Aug. V. 47.) Of the former kind was Bithynis, at the time when our author presided there. (Vid. Masson. Vit. Plin. p. 133.) M.]
1054 ([return])
[ A province in Asia, bordering upon the Black Sea, and by some ancient geographers considered as one province with Bithynia. M.]
1055 ([return])
[ About $2,000. M.]
1056 ([return])
[ Cities of Pontus near the Euxine or Black Sea. M.]