_Principatus_, sc. Vespasiani.--_Mucianus regebat_. Vesp. was detained in Egypt for some time after his troops had entered Rome under Mucianus; meanwhile Mucianus exercised all the imperial power, cf. His. 4, 11. 39: vis penes Mucianum erat.
_Juvene--usurpante_. Dom. was now eighteen years old, cf. His. 4, 2: nondum ad curas intentus, sed _stupris et adulteriis filium principis agebat_.
_Is_, sc. Mucianus.--_Vicesimae legioni_. One of three legions, at that time stationed in _Britain_, which submitted to the government of Vesp. _tarde_ and _non sine motu_ (His. 3, 44).
_Decessor. Predecessor_. It was Roscius Coelius. His. 1, 60.
_Legatis--consularibus. Governors_ or Proconsuls. The provinces were governed by men who had been consuls (_consulares_), and as _legatus_ meant any commissioned officer, these were distinguished as _legati consulares_. With reference to this consular authority, the same were called _proconsules_. Cf. note, H. 1, 49. Trebellius Maximus and Vettius Bolanus are here intended. Cf. 16. and His. 1, 60. 2, 65. _Nimia_==justo potentior. Dr.
_Legatus praetorius==legatus legionis, commander of the legion_. Cf. note, His. 1, 7. Here the same person as _decessor_.
_Invenisse quam fecisse_, etc., involves a maxim of policy worth noting.
VIII. _Placidius. With less energy_. See more of Bolanus at close of 16.
_Dignum est_. A general remark, applicable to any such province. Hence the present, for which some would substitute _erat_ or _esset_.
_Ne incresceret_, sc. ipse: _lest he should become too great_, i.e. rise above his superior and so excite his jealousy. Referred by W. to _ardorem_ for its subject. But then _ne incresceret_ would be superfluous.
_Consularem_, sc. Legatum==Governor, cf. 7, note.
_Petilius Cerialis_. Cf. 17. Ann. 14, 32. His. 4, 68.
_Habuerunt--exemplorum. Had room for exertion_ and so for _setting a good example_, cf. Ann. 13, 8: videbaturque locus virtutibus patefactus. The position of _habuerunt_ is emphatic, as if he had said: _then had virtues_, etc. See Rit. in loc.
_Communicabat_, sc. cum A.--_Ex eventu_, from _the event_, i.e. _in consequence of his success_.
_In suam famam_. Cf. in jactationem, 5, note.
_Extra gloriam_ is sometimes put for _sine gloria_, especially by the late writers. His. 1, 49: _extra vitia_. Hand's Turs. 2, 679.