Note 1 — Chapter XXIV
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Com'modus was the first emperor that was born in his father's reign, and the second that succeeded his father in the empire.
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Being offended by the Alexan'drians, he commanded them to be put to the sword without distinction of sex, age, or condition; every house was filled with carcases, and the streets were obstructed with dead bodies; this was merely in revenge for some lampoons they had published against him.
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A city of Bithyn'ia, in Asia Minor, opposite to Constantinople.
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A Term generally applied to the children of brothers or sisters.
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Now called Venice.
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A'per signifies a boar.