Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, a New Edition; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography; on the Basis of the Seventh Edition of the German Conversations-Lexicon, Volume 13Francis Lieber Lea & Blanchard, 1851 |
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Page 130
... Stilicho , a Vandal ( by marriage , a nephew of the late emperor ) , for Honorius . Rufi- nus was soon overthrown by the superior power of the general , and the plans of the latter were afterwards frustrated by the artifices of the ...
... Stilicho , a Vandal ( by marriage , a nephew of the late emperor ) , for Honorius . Rufi- nus was soon overthrown by the superior power of the general , and the plans of the latter were afterwards frustrated by the artifices of the ...
Page 131
... Stilicho did , indeed , at the wish of Rufinus , divide the territories , the army , and the immense treasures left by the emperor ; but he had no intention of yielding to him one half of the power of regent , as guardian to the young ...
... Stilicho did , indeed , at the wish of Rufinus , divide the territories , the army , and the immense treasures left by the emperor ; but he had no intention of yielding to him one half of the power of regent , as guardian to the young ...
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... Stilicho had collected them to conquer in the fields of Florence . At the same time , the Roman army in Britain revolted , and determined to give themselves an empe- ror ; but the third one chosen , Constan- tine , a common soldier ...
... Stilicho had collected them to conquer in the fields of Florence . At the same time , the Roman army in Britain revolted , and determined to give themselves an empe- ror ; but the third one chosen , Constan- tine , a common soldier ...
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