(1) Dioclētiānus prīvātus in vīllā, quae haud procul ā Salōnīs est, praeclārō ōtiō senuit, inūsitātā virtūte ūsus, ut sōlus omnium post conditum Rōmānum imperium ex tantō fastīgiō sponte ad prīvātae vītae statum cīvīlitātemque remeāret. Contigit igitur eī, quod nūllī post nātōs hominēs, ut cum prīvātus obīsset, inter dīvōs tamen referrētur.
notes
The deification of Diocletian
Dioclētiānus: Diocletian
prīvātus: "as a private citizen," (i.e., no longer in power)
haud procul ā Salōnīs: "not far from Split"
inūsitātā virtūte ūsus: "showed exceptional strength of character" (Bird). The deponent verb utor normally takes an ablative object.
Contigit: "happened to" + dat. > contingo (AG 370)
quod: "a thing which," subject of contigit.
post nātōs hominēs: "since men were created" (Hazzard)
inter dīvōs: or more information on the deification of Roman emperors, see Apotheosis
vocabulary
Core Vocabulary | Numbers | Dates
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Dioclētiānus, ī, m. |
(Valerius) Dioclētiānus, emperor 284–305 A.D. |
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vīlla, ae, f. |
a country house, farm, villa |
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Salōnae, ārum, pl. f. |
a city in Dalmatia |
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praeclārus, a, um [prae + clārus], adj. |
very bright or brilliant, excellent, distinguished |
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cōnsenēscō, ere, senuī, —— |
to grow old |
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inūsitātus, a, um [in + ūsitātus, usual], adj. |
unusual, unfamiliar, novel |
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fastīgium, ī, n. |
top, height; slope, descent; rank, dignity |
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sponte [abl. of spōns, obs.], f. |
voluntarily; with meā, tuā, or suā, of my, your, or his own free will |
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status, ūs [stō], m. |
state, position, rank |
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cīvīlitās, ātis [cīvīlis], f. |
the art of government, politics; courteousness, politeness, affability |
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remeō, āre, āvī, — |
to go back, return |
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obeō, īre, īvī (iī), itus |
to go to meet; attend to, perform; die, perish |