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• EUMENIUS (c. A.D. 260-311)

EUMENIUS (c. A.D. 260-311)  , one of the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman panegyrists, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Augustodunum (See also:

• AUTUN

Autun) in Gallia Lugdunensis . He was of See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek descent; his grandfather, who had migrated from See also:

• ATHENS
• ATHENS ['AN vat, Athenae, modem colloquial Greek `Ath va]

Athens to See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, finally settled at Autun as a teacher of See also:

• RHETORIC (Gr. psroperctj TEXvq, the art of the orator)

rhetoric . See also:

• EUMENIUS (c. A.D. 260-311)

Eumenius probably took his See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place, for it was from Autun that he went to be magister memoriae (private secretary) to See also:

• CONSTANTIUS, FLAVIUS VALERIUS

Constantius Chlorus, whom he accompanied on several of his See also:

• CAMPAIGNS

campaigns . In 296 Chlorus determined to restore the famous See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools (scholae Maenianae) of Autun, which had been greatly damaged by the inroads of the Bagaudae (See also:

• PEASANT (O. Fr. paysant, Mod. paysan; Lat. pagensis, belonging to the pagus or country; cf. " pagan ")

peasant banditti), and appointed Eumenius to the management of them, allowing him to retain his offices at See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court and doubling his See also:

• SALARY

salary, Eumenius generously gave up a considerable portion of his emoluments to the improvement of the schools . There is ma doubt that Eumenius was a See also:

• HEATHEN

heathen, not even a nominal followet of See also:

• CHRISTIANITY

Christianity, like See also:

• AUSONIUS, DECIMUS MAGNUS (c. 310-395)

Ausonius and other writers from See also:

• GAUL
• GAUL, GILBERT WILLIAM (1855— )

Gaul . Nothing is known of his later years; but he must have lived at least till 31s, if the Gratiarum Actio to See also:

• CONSTANTINE

Constantine is by him . Of the twelve discourses included in the collection of Panegyrici See also:

• LATINI, BRUNETTO (c. 1210-C. 1294)

Latini (ed . E . Bahrens, 1874), the following are probably by Eumenius . (1) See also:

• PRO

Pro restaurandis (or inslaurandis) scholis, delivered (297) in the See also:

• FORUM (Lat. from foris, " out of doors ")

forum at Autun before the See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province . Its See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• OBJECT

object is to set forth the steps necessary to restore the schools to their former See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of efficiency, and the author See also:

• LAYS

lays stress upon the fact that he intends to assist the See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• WORK

work out of his own See also:

• POCKET

pocket . (2) An address (297) to the See also:

• CAESAR, GAIUS JULIUS (102—44 B.c.)
• CAESAR, SIR JULIUS (1557-1558-1636)

Caesar Constantius Chlorus, congratulating him on his victories Over Allectus and See also:

• CARAUSIUS, MARCUS AURELIUS

Carausius in See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain, and containing See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information of some value as to the See also:

• BRITISH

British methods of fighting .

(3) A See also:

• PANEGYRIC

panegyric on Constantine (310) . (4) An address of thanks (311) from the inhabitants of Autun (whose name had been changed from Augustodunum to Flavia) to Constantine for the remission of taxes and other benefits . (5) A festal address (307) on the See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage of Constantine and Fausta, the daughter of Maximian . All these' speeches, with the exception of (I), were delivered at See also:

• AUGUSTA

Augusta Trevirorum (Treves), whose birthday is celebrated iri (3) . Eumenius is far the best of the orators of his See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time, and See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior to the; See also:

• MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority of the writers of imperial panegyrics . He shows greater self-See also:

• RESTRAINT (from " to restrain," Lat. restringere, to hold back, prevent)

restraint and moderation in his See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language; which is See also:

• SIMPLE

simple and pure, and on the whole is See also:

• FREE

free from the See also:

• GROSS

gross flattery which characterizes such productions . This See also:

• FAULT (Mid. Eng. faute, through the French, from the popular Latin use of fallere, to fail; the originallof the Latin being replaced in English in the 15th century)

fault- is most conspicuous in (3), which led See also:

• HEYNE, CHRISTIAN GOTTLOB (1729–1812)

Heyne (Opuscula, vi . 8o) to deny the authorship of Eumenius on the ground that it was unworthy of him . There are See also:

• TREATISES

treatises on Eumenius by B . See also:

• KILIAN (CHILIAN, KILLIAN), ST

Kilian (See also:

• WURZBURG

Wurzburg, 1869), S . Brandt (See also:

• FREIBURG

Freiburg See also:

• IM(K2+a2+h2—2 ah cos 0)

im See also:

• BREISGAU

Breisgau, 1882), and H . See also:

• SACHS, HANS (1494-1576)
• SACHS, JULIUS VON (1832-1897)
• SACHS, MICHAEL (1808–1864)

Sachs (See also:

• HALLE (known as HALLE-AN-DER-SAALE, t0 distinguish it from the small town of Halle in Westphalia)
• HALLE, SIR CHARLES (originally KARL HALLE) (1819-1895)

Halle, 1885) ; see also Gaston See also:

• BOISSIER, MARIE LOUIS ANTOINE GASTON (1823—1908)

Boissier, " See also:

• LES

Les Rh6teurs gaulois du IVe siecle," in See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

journal See also:

• DES

des savants (1884) .