. Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ... with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps. iginally was Marcus Annius Verus. Hevoluntarily shared the government withLucius VoVus, whom Antoninus Pius hadalso adopted. A war with Parthia brokeout in the year of his accession, and didnot terminate till 166. A confederacy ofthe northern tribes now threatened Italy,while a frightful pestilence, brought fromthe East with the army, raged in Romeitself. Both emperors set out in personagainst the rebellious tril>es. In 169Verus died, and the sole command of thewar de
. Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ... with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps. iginally was Marcus Annius Verus. Hevoluntarily shared the government withLucius VoVus, whom Antoninus Pius hadalso adopted. A war with Parthia brokeout in the year of his accession, and didnot terminate till 166. A confederacy ofthe northern tribes now threatened Italy,while a frightful pestilence, brought fromthe East with the army, raged in Romeitself. Both emperors set out in personagainst the rebellious tril>es. In 169Verus died, and the sole command of thewar devolved on Marcus Aurelius, whoprosecuted it with the utmost rigor, andnearly exterminated the Mai-comanni. Hisvictory over the Quadi (174) is connect-ed with a famous legend. Dion Cassiustells us that the 12th legion of the Romanarmy was shut up in a detilo, and reducedto great straits for want of water, whenn ^ridv of Christians enrolled in the le- AUREUS 344 AUROBA gion prayed for relief. Not only wasthe rain sent, which enabled the Romansto quench their thirst, but a fierce stormof hail beat upon the enemy, which so. MARCUS AURELIUS terrified them that a complete victorywas obtained, and the legion was everafter called The Thundering this victory, the Marcomanni, theQuadi, as well as the rest of the bar-barians, sued for peace. Aurelius re-turned to Rome, after visiting Egyptand Greece, but soon new incursions ofthe Marcomanni compelled him once moreto take the field. He defeated the enemyseveral times, but was taken sick atSirmium, and died at Vindobona(Vienna) in 180. His only extant workis the Meditations, written in Greek,and which has been translated into mostmodern languages. AUREUS, the first gold coin whichwas coined at Rome, 207 B. C. Its valuevaried at different times, from about $3to $6. AURICHALCITE, a mineral placedby Dana under the fourth section of hishydrous carbonates. It occurs in acicularcrystals, forming drusy incrustations;also columnar, plu
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