Sentence:  But though the fiscus was put in charge of an <WSD>Emesene</WSD> of low character, the confiscations which Dio complains of the increased exaction of crown gold", and the general disorder into which the imperial finances fell may have been due less to the rapacity or incompetence of officials than to the foolish liberality by which the Emperor sought to win popular applause. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A person from, or an inhabitant of, Emesa.