. A dictionary of biography; comprising the most eminent characters of all ages, nations, and professions ... form e!e\cn f(dio volumes. Ar(;iSTfNF,,orArSTIIV,ST.,rom-monlv (Iciiotiiinaled llie Apostle of , lli^nrished alioiit the rifise of the»ixlli century, and was originally a monkat Rome, iope Gregory !ent liim, withforty of his fraternity, to <on\ert theAnglo Saxons. Ilieir exertions were snocessfid, .ind Augustine liecanie the firstarchbishop of Canteihnry. In his exer-tions to hi <r the Welsh liishopif under thej)apal yoke he failed, and he covered him-self with inf
. A dictionary of biography; comprising the most eminent characters of all ages, nations, and professions ... form e!e\cn f(dio volumes. Ar(;iSTfNF,,orArSTIIV,ST.,rom-monlv (Iciiotiiinaled llie Apostle of , lli^nrished alioiit the rifise of the»ixlli century, and was originally a monkat Rome, iope Gregory !ent liim, withforty of his fraternity, to <on\ert theAnglo Saxons. Ilieir exertions were snocessfid, .ind Augustine liecanie the firstarchbishop of Canteihnry. In his exer-tions to hi <r the Welsh liishopif under thej)apal yoke he failed, and he covered him-self with infaniy by the sanguinary meanswhich he adopted to revenge his disap-pointment. This haughty prelate diedearly in the seventh century. , , the laPtemperor of the West, was |)ro<:laiined atRavenna, in 475, by his father, the patri-cian Orestes, who, however, retained thepower in his own hands. Aiigustulns didnot long hold even his nominal sovereignty ;for, in 476, h-j was coiujncrcd and de-throned by , king of the life was spared, and a pension was al-lowed VUGUSTUS, Caius Jilius CmsauOcTAViANUS,a Roman em|ieror, knownoefore his by the name of Octa-vins, was nephew and adopted son ofJulius G:rsar. 1 le was born at Rome, When lie was only four years of agehe lost his father; afier which event hewas brought up by Ca;sar. At the timewhen his uncle was ■•i?;l, Octavinswas in Cpirus, whe<\.e he immediately re-turned to secure his inheritance. He wasthen only eighteei, and was derided by hisenemies a» a boy ; but his talents soon ac-(juired for hiiu extensive inihience. Atfirst, lie joined llit party which was hos-til • to .Antony, but w;.s soon reconciIe<i tohim, and, in cunjunt-tiou with that leaderand Lepidtis, formed the famous second A UN triannirate. In this partition of powerthe west fell to his share, and in the exer-cise of his authority he deeply stained hischaracter by a mercil
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