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Orosius

American  
[aw-roh-zhee-uhs] / ɔˈroʊ ʒi əs /

noun

  1. Paulus flourished 5th century a.d., Spanish theologian and historian.


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It was to sustain Augustine’s thesis that Orosius produced in 417 his Historiarum libri septem, which remained the standard text-book on world history during the middle ages.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various

In King Alfred's version of Orosius, book ii. chap. iv. p. 68.,

From Notes and Queries, Number 182, April 23, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by George Bell

The first few pages of Bede are to a great extent copied out of Pliny, Solinus, Orosius, and Gildas.23.Richborough,

From Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Cuthbert Bede

Alfred's "Orosius," Thorpe's translation, printed with the "Life of Alfred the Great," by Pauli, in Bohn's Antiquarian Library, pp.

From A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance by Jean Jules Jusserand

According to Orosius he was killed at the battle of Mutina.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various

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