Ridpath's history of the world : being an account of the principal events in the career of the human race from the beginnings of civilization to the present time : comprising the development of social institutions and the story of all nations . ry B. C. After a career otmore than six hundred years, this ancientcapital of Cisalpine Gaul was plundered bythe Huns under Attila in 452. At a laterperiod the city became the metropolis of theGoths and the favoi-ite residence of theirkings. In 537 Milan was captured by thegreat Belisarius, and two years later was re-taken by the Goths. In the year 774
Ridpath's history of the world : being an account of the principal events in the career of the human race from the beginnings of civilization to the present time : comprising the development of social institutions and the story of all nations . ry B. C. After a career otmore than six hundred years, this ancientcapital of Cisalpine Gaul was plundered bythe Huns under Attila in 452. At a laterperiod the city became the metropolis of theGoths and the favoi-ite residence of theirkings. In 537 Milan was captured by thegreat Belisarius, and two years later was re-taken by the Goths. In the year 774 Charle-magne overcame the Milanese, and took andwore the iron crown. In the course of timeMilan became the most wealthy and populous In the thirteenth century, Milan wasgreatly retarded in her development by theturmoils of the Ghibellines and the partisans of the latter were headed bythe noble family of the Delia Torre, and theformer by the Visconti. For three-quartersof a century ^1237-1311) the Delia Torre re-tained the ascendency in the political a&irsof the city, and were then overthrown by theGhibellines. From this time Milan began toextend her authority over the surroundingdistricts and towns of Lombardy, until, in. CATHEDRAL OF MILAN. of the Lombard cities. As such it becamethe head and principal seat of that Italianparty which opposed the policy and progressof the Imperial House of Germany. OnceAnd again, in 1158 and 1162, the city was be-Bieged by Frederick Barbarossa, and on thesecond occasion was taken and almost de-stroyed. When, in 1176, the victory of Leg-nano gained over the Imperialists, Milanwas declared a Free City; and though the Mi-lanese continued in a nominal way to recog-nize the suzerainty of the German Emperor,tuoy were virtually independent of his rule. 1395, she became the capital of the Duchy ofMilan, under the Duke Giovanni Galeazzo,one of the Visconti. This great family con-tinued in authority until 1447, when the maleline became e
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