Aurelius Victor: When the stench of Numerian's body exposes the plot, the generals and tribunes choose Diocletian, commander of the guard, as…
When the stench of Numerian's body exposes the plot, the generals and tribunes choose Diocletian, commander of the guard, as emperor.
1 Sed postquam odore tabescentium membrorum scelus proditum est, ducum consilio tribunorumque Valerius Diocletianus domesticos regens ob sapientiam deligitur…
Location: Aur. Vict. Caes. 39.1
Numerian, carried in a litter because of an eye ailment, is killed through a plot by his father-in-law Aper, and the stench of the body reveals it only days later.
Numerianus quoque, filius eius, quem secum Caesarem ad Persas duxerat, adulescens egregiae indolis, cum oculorum dolore correptus in lecticula veheretur…
Location: Eutr. 9.18
Numerian, riding in a litter because of an eye ailment, is killed in a plot by his father-in-law Aper
Hic patri comes fuit bello Persico. quo mortuo, cum oculos dolere coepisset, quod illud aegritudinis genus nimia utpote vigilia confecto familiarissimum fuit…
Location: Car. 12.1
A and B are two of the sources listed above.
| On what point | Source A | Source B | What differs (in Korean) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who | Aurelius Victor, De Caesaribus | Eutropius, Breviarium | b는 장인 아페르의 음모로 적음; a는 음모 주체 미기재 |