AGRARIAN PARTY

Ger. political party, advocating agricultural protecon. 37-93), Rom. soldier and statesman, was distinguished by ability_and the integrity of his character. He was elected consul in A.D. 77, after a brilliant career in Britain and other outposts of the empire. From A.D. 78 to 87 he was governor of Britain, where he estab. the Rom. dominion considerably N. of the Forth, defeating the Caledonians under Galgacus in the battle of the Grampians. His fleet sailed round Britain and discovered it to be an island for the first time. His succe aroused the jealousy of the emperor Domitian, who recalled him to Rome, where he spent the rest of his life in retirement. The story of his life by his son-in-law Tacitus (trans. Church and Brodribb, 1877) is one of the finest biographies in any language. 85), 6. near Groningen, Fries land, and d. at Heidelberg. He was educated at Louyain, then went to Paris and Ferrara, where he attended the prelections of Theodore Gaza on the Gk. language, and also gave lectures on the language and literature of Rome. He visited Rome, returned to Holland, and then went to Heidelberg in 1482. He was a great scholar (his most important work being De Inveniione Dialectic a), a musician, and a painter.