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Arras, Lines of. Fortifications extending from Arras to Bouchain on the Schelde, cro ed by Marl borough 1711. Arras, Treaties of. 1. A treaty concluded between the Armagnacs and the Burgundians in 1414.-2. A treaty between Charles VII. of France and Philip the Good of Burgundy, concluded in 1435.-3. A treaty between Louis XI. of France and Maximilian I., concluded in 1482. and other territories. France was to receive Artois, Franche-Comté, Arroyo Molinos for being privy to a conspiracy against Claudius: as he hesitated to destroy himself in obedience to the command of the emperor, she stabbed herself and handed him the dagger with the words, "Pætus, it does not pain me." Arriaga (är-re-ä'ga), Pablo José de. Born at Vergara, Spain, 1562: perished perished in in a shipwreck near Havana, Cuba, 1622. A Spanish Jesuit and author: the spent most of his life in Peru, where he was rector of College Are quip a, and afterward first rector of the College of San Martin at Lima. His best-known and most valuable work is his "Estirpacion de la I do latria de los Indios del Perú." Arrian (ar'i-an), L. Flavius Arrianus (flā'vius ar-i-a'nus). [Gr. Ἀῤῥιανός .] Born at Nicomedia, Bithynia, about 100 A. D.: died at an advanced age in the reign of Marcus Aurelius. A noted Greek historian and philosopher. He edited the "Lectures of Epictetus," and published an abstract of his philosophy, and was the author of a history of the Asiatic expedition of Alexander the Great (see Anabasis ), of a treatise on India, of a "Voyage around the Euxine," etc. He was both a Roman and an A then i an citizen, and in the former capacity filled several important magistracies. Hadrian appointed him governor of Cappadocia A. D. 136, and while holding this office he defeated the invading Alani. He was raised to the consular rank by Ant on in us Pins in A. D. 146. The remainder of his life was spent in dignified retirement as priest of Ceres and Proser pine in his native city. Arriaza (är-re-ä'thä), or Arriaza y Superviela, Juan Bautista de. Born at Madrid, 1770: died there in 1837. A Spanish poet, author of "Emilia" (1803), "Poesías patriótic as" (3d ed. 1815), and "Poesías líricas" s" (6th ed. 18291832). He was a strenuous supporter of the absolute monarchy, and was made a councilor and chamberlain by Ferdinand VII. Arrigal (ar'i-gal). A mountain in the northern part of Donegal, Ireland, the highest in the county. Arrivabene (är-re-vä-bā'ne), Ferdinando. Born at Mantua, Italy, 1770: died there, June 29, 1834. An Italian jurist and miscellaneous author. He was thrown into prison at Sebenico, Dalmatia, in 1800, by the Austrian government, for political reasons, and published a protest, "La tomba di Sebenico," which created a great sensation. Later he was made president of a court of justice at Brescia. Arrivabene, Count Giovanni. Born at Mantua, Italy, June 24, 1787: died at Mantua, Jan. 11, 1881. An Italian patriot and political economist. He was arrested by the Austrian government in 1820 for having participated in the disturbances of the Carbonari, and fled the country. He returned to Italy in 1860, where he was created a senator and was for a long time the president of the Italian A ociation of Political Economy.
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