Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning . ,and here her daughters, when grown towomanhood were sought in marriage by themost honorable noblemen of the city. As lateas the fifth century, her descendants were stillheld in esteem as an element in the best soci-ety of the ancient capital. In the last y
Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning . ,and here her daughters, when grown towomanhood were sought in marriage by themost honorable noblemen of the city. As lateas the fifth century, her descendants were stillheld in esteem as an element in the best soci-ety of the ancient capital. In the last year of his life, A. D. 275, Au-relian disgraced his reign by organizing asavage persecution of the Christians; but be-fore the butchery began, he was himself, whilestarting on a campaign against the Persians,murdered by a secretary whom he had soldiers speedily and signally avenged hisdeath, and then by a singular freak of subor- dination waited for six mmitlis on the Senate the imperial office the venerable ^lAiacs Tacitus already more than seventy vearsof age. Although unfitted for the duties ofthe camp he courageously undertook an expe-dition against the Alani, but before he couldbring the campaign to a close he yielded to oldage and exposure, and died A. D. 27(5, aftera reign of but a few moutiis The next Eni|H i n -s^as AiTEiits Probis,officer of the aimy of Germany He \\aschosen by the lta:ion^, and lecosrmzed bj theSenate. A ceitiin Floiimu-, btothei of Tac-itus, had in th( im in tniu i^^unic d the put piewithout ri_ i_utli n b\ ( ithu tht el\il oi themUitary po^ci , bui piescnth finding himselfabandoned, he made an end b> suicide Pro-Ims, who was a soldier and man of worth,was thus left in undisputed possession of thethrone. His reign of ^ix years was almostwholly occupied in ^var. In his first campaign UMVKUSAL JUSTOliV. — THE AycIKXT WOULD. The El, over tlie Pcr>tute an hoiKn-:atteution to ithe commentand planting ii<-labni
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