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 . lt;iiialarmy, which, iu A. D. 238, marched to thenorth to encounter ]Maximin. The latter had,meanwhile, advanced to the head of the Adri-atic and laid siege to Aquileia. Htii, how-ever, his troops broke into mutiny and puthim to death. Maxoius aud Albinus t
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 . lt;iiialarmy, which, iu A. D. 238, marched to thenorth to encounter ]Maximin. The latter had,meanwhile, advanced to the head of the Adri-atic and laid siege to Aquileia. Htii, how-ever, his troops broke into mutiny and puthim to death. Maxoius aud Albinus tookup their residence in Rome, but a few monthsafterwards a band of malcontent soldiers at-tacked and slew them in the basilica. Theyouthful Gordian was thereupon taken to thecamp of the prsetoriaus, aud the Senate wasobliged to acknowledge him as sole Emperor. The new ruler had the good fortune tochoose for his minister of state tlie able andvirtuous Misitheus. For five years (A. ) constant improvements were shownin the manners of the palace aud the revivingdecency of the city. Then Misitheus diedand was succeeded in his office of pr;efect byPhilip, the Arabian. The latter soon jirovedtreacherous, incited the army of the Euphratesto rautinv, aud Gordian was slain by the sol-diers. was at once proclaiinecl in liis. himself jn-i i him. 1 1^ th ni as ruler of the Em lu r-hilii ^\ 1 t f ih .1 meet hit 1, but w 1^ dtfc It 1 II 1 1 ill 1 in 1 liattle at Verona. The accession of the ne V All- 1st 11 was in th€ nature of a reaction t. war. Is the pa- T.\ lism whi •h . m ,!.? II. ,L Di clfs wei t in hi,- 1 .•liuion philos- op IV to the gxids of the an ?lent el ty. He ex- ed .if tl e Christians a strict com] \\\ h the r tes ami ceremonies pi escr by tlu .iia-tinit formuhe; and when hey reiused iXj\-i:i!SAi. lusTony.—TiiE amii:st to t ir ].:ii:aii (Iritics a . nt -v>v- \\\- t I., r,; I
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