ABSTRACT

Canon A regulation or dogma decreed by a church council. Chi-Rho A monogram consisting of the Greek letters X (Chi)

and P (Rho) and signifying Christ (XPISTOS). Consistor ium A group of men “standing together ;” the

emperor’s council of advisors. Consubstantialis See homoousios. Consularis A provincial governor of consular rank. Curiales The members of local city councils, also known as

decuriones, and their descendants. Damnatio memoriae The erasure of a person’s name from

public records and monuments. The Roman senate decreed damnatio memoriae for several “bad” emperors.