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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_90199" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_90199" /> == | ||
<p> (1): | <p> '''(1):''' (a.) Of or pertaining to the aurelia. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) An amateur collector and breeder of insects, esp. of butterflies and moths; a lepidopterist. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_21677" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_21677" /> == | ||
<p> (fully [[Lucius]] | <p> (fully [[Lucius]] [[Domitius-Valerianus]] [[Aurelianus),]] Roman emperor, was born about [[A.D.]] 212, at Sirmium, in Pannonia, or, according to some, in [[Dacia]] or Moesia, of very humble parentage. He gradually rose as a soldier under Claudius, whom he succeeded in August 270, by the proclamation of the legions. He reigned until March 275, with great military vigor, subduing. [[Zenobia]] and the other Oriental powers. His civil administration, however, was harsh, and he is said to have been a persecutor of the Christians. See Smith, Dict. of Class. Biog. s.v. </p> | ||
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