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tiled to Miifler, as iii the Camptis Martius^ 

 called fecond or new Rome^ in emulation of 

 old Rome ^ which he dtfigned and endea- 

 voured this fliould equal in all things. Ac- 

 cordingly he endowed it with the fame Pri-* 

 viledges and Immunities , and eftablifhed 

 the r^me number of Magiflrates ^nd Or* 

 ders of People, and divided the whole ex- 

 tent of it into fourteen Precinds or c Regi- 

 gions, according to thedivifionof^^^^w^. And 

 the Greek Writers were as elegant and extra- 

 vagant in their commendations of it j but the 

 ufual Title in their ordinary Difcourfes and 

 Writings, when they had occafion to men- 

 tion it without any flourifli, was w ^ct<nhiC>i7ct^ 

 Yi ^A&ihky that is, the Imperial City, to th$ 

 fame fenfe with that of ^ Sidon'ms ApolUnaris^ 



Salve fceptrorum columen^ Regina orientis^ 

 Or his RoniattH. 



The Country ^bout it Was afterwards called 

 Romania in a limited and reftrained fenfe, 

 (for that Romania was anciently the fame with 

 orhU Rornanus^ fefems clear from ^ Epipham^ 

 us) and the People P^/^cti'^/; But I fuppofe 



c 7he Italian Word Rione is a mdnifefi corruption of 

 the L^t'm Word* 



d In Panegyrico, ^uem Itomae dixit Anthemio 

 Augufto, bis Confuli. 



e Haerefi LXIX. quae eft Arianorum. Seft, 2. whers 

 he faj/s a fad dijmal Fire was kindled by Arias ; 7rvf> i 7$ 



dvctrvxl^ T(l /^4pH, which fei^ed almoft upon all Romania'^ 

 Univerfum Romanorum imperium , as Petavius 

 renders but efpeciallj the Eafiem parts of it^ 



D tills 



