Chapter 36

Probus was[673]succeeded by M. Aurelius Carus,[674]born at[675]Narbon in France, who[676]immediately[677]made his sons Carinus, and Numerianus,[678]Cæsars; and having[679]sent Carinus to[680]take the care of Gaul, he[681]marched into the[682]East against the Persians with Numerianus; where, after he had[683]reduced Mesopotamia, and marched as far as[684]Ctesiphon, he was[685]struck dead by[686]lightning, having[687]reigned about a year. Numerianus being much[688]concerned for his father’s death,[689]contracted a[690]weakness in his[691]eyes with[692]weeping, and was[693]slain by the[694]contrivance of Aper his[695]father-in-law.

Carinus was nothing[696]like his father and brother,being[697]guilty of all[698]manner of[699]wickedness;[700]wherefore he was[701]odious to all[702]ranks of[703]people. He was[704]betrayed by his own army at[705]Margum in Mœsia, and[706]killed by the soldiers of Dioclesian, who, as soon as Numerianus was[707]dead,[708]accepted of the[709]purple[710]offered him by the army, being born of[711]mean parents in[712]Dalmatia (for[713]he is said to have been the[714]slave of[715]Anulinus the senator), but a[716]gallant soldier. He[717]took his[718]oath in an[719]assembly of the soldiers, that he[720]had no hand in the death of Numerianus, and upon that[721]slew Aper with his own[722]hand; and so[723]fulfilled the[724]prophecy of him, that he should be emperor, when he had killed a[725]boar with his own hand; for which reason[726]as often as he[727]met with a boar, he[728]used to kill him. After he had killed Aper, he said he had[729]found the fatal boar. He[730]suppressed the[731]boors who made an[732]insurrection in Gaul, and[733]called themselves Bacaudæ, by means of[734]Maximianus Herculius, whom he[735]sent thither[736]for that purpose in the year 285, in which this Herculius was first made Cæsar, and the year[737]following he was made Augustus. About the same time Carausius having[738]seized upon[739]Britain, and Achilleus in[740]Egypt,[741]pretended to the empire; and in the[742]East, Narses king of Persia, being[743]ready to[744]fall upon the Romans,and Africa being[745]wasted by the[746]Quinquegentians, the better to[747]conduct all these wars at once, he[748]created Constantius Chlorus, and Galerius Maximianus, Cæsars. The latter was[749]born in Dacia, not far from Sardica, and was[750]surnamed[751]Armentarius, because he had been a[752]herdsman. Dioclesian[753]gave his daughter Valeria to Armentarius, and Maximianus Herculius[754]disposed of his step-daughter Theodora to Constantius. After this, Dioclesian[755]went to Egypt, Herculius into Africa, Armentarius into the East, and Constantius into Britain. Alexandria was[756]taken by Dioclesian, after a[757]siege of eight months, in the twelfth year of his reign. Ceransius was[758]killed by his friend[759]Alectus, eight years after his[760]revolt. At the same time the Quinquegentians were[761]reduced by Maximianus Herculius: and Galerius Armentarius[762]defeated by Narsus, being[763]haughtily[764]received by Dioclesian, he the year following 297,[765]revenged this[766]disgrace, by[767]routing the Persian army, and[768]taking the[769]wives,[770]sisters, and[771]children of Narsus prisoners; upon which Dioclesian received him[772]honourably in Mesopotamia.

At length, after a[773]splendid[774]triumph, Dioclesian and Herculius[775]laid down their[776]authority; the former did it[777]by choice, and[778]retired to Salonæ; the other was[779]prevailed upon more by the[780]authority of his[781]colleague, than from any[782]inclination for it. This[783]happened in the 20th of Dioclesian, and 304th year of Christ; upon which[784]Constantius Chlorus, and[785]Galerius Maximianus Armentarius, were[786]proclaimed emperors; Severus, and Galerius Maximianus, the[787]nephew of Armentarius by a sister, were[788]declared Cæsars. Constantius[789]divided the Roman empire with Maximian,[790]keeping to himself Gaul, Italy, and Africa; but the two[791]last he afterwards[792]left to his colleague, who had besides[793]Illyricum, Asia, and the[794]East. Of this he made Maximianus[795]governor, and[796]placed Severus in Italy.

[1]Coccéjo Nerva

[2]eccellénte

[3]sprezzáto

[4]annulláre

[5]atto

[6]restituíre

[7]preso

[8]violénza

[9]ingiustízia

[10]mancáre

[11]autorità

[12]tenére

[13]dovére

[14]avér parte

[15]ricevúto

[16]uccíso

[17]guárdia

[18]ad onta di

[19]impedíre

[20]luogotenénte

[21]adottáto

[22]pigliáre

[23]govérno

[24]Cológna

[25]ottimaménte

[26]versáto

[27]arte militáre

[28]moderazióne

[29]dolce

[30]temperamento

[31]meritáre

[32]sopranome

[33]Óttimo

[34]aggiúngere

[35]marciáre

[36]Levánte

[37]soggiogáre

[38]Armeni

[39]Ibérj

[40]Colchi

[41]Sármati

[42]Osroéni

[43]Árabi

[44]Bosforáni

[45]attaccáre

[46]préndere

[47]Tesifóne

[48]Babilónia

[49]fare un viággio

[50]per il mar rosso

[51]ribellársi

[52]presto

[53]ridúrre

[54]luogotenénte

[55]terremóto

[56]rovináre

[57]Ántíochia

[58]succédere

[59]consoláto

[60]seppellíto

[61]rovína

[62]piázza

[63]tiráto

[64]finéstra

[65]molta difficoltà

[66]scappáre

[67]Siréne

[68]prénder le armi

[69]esercitáre

[70]crudeltà

[71]Egítto

[72]Cipro

[73]sopprímere

[74]strage

[75]mentre

[76]preparársi

[77]scacciato

[78]dato

[79]ammalársi

[80]moríre

[81]Selíno

[82]Elio Adriáno

[83]cugíno

[84]compatriótto

[85]ottenére

[86]favóre

[87]mutábile

[88]natúra

[89]génio

[90]ugualménte

[91]formato

[92]vízio

[93]andáre

[94]província

[95]viaggiáre

[96]mondo

[97]cédere

[98]disegnáre

[99]lasciáre

[100]temúto

[101]rovináre

[102]riedificáre

[103]chiamáre

[104]stabilíre

[105]témpio

[106]situáto

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