And the kings at armes in general were originally called Reges Heraldorum (Ibid.
Rex juvenis, Rex filius, and sometimes they were jointly named Reges Angliae.
This I take to be the meening of that passage in Tacitus, "Reges ex nobilitate, duces ex virtute sumunt.
Persian regiones are called vitaxae (read vistaxae), id est magistri equitum et reges et satrapae, he has awkwardly referred what is Persian to all Inner Asia (comp.
This book, De Justa Reipublicæ Christianæ in Reges Potestate, published in 1590, must have been partly written before the death of Henry III.
And heere is verified that knowne verse, Quicquid delirant reges plectuntur Achiui.
Virgil had now found in his own age a motive for the composition of that epic poem which it had been his boyish ambition to attempt,-- Cum canerem reges et proelia.
It is not clear that Gibbon's version or paraphrase is incorrect: Tertullian writes, tot tantosque reges item praesides, &c.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "reges" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
