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A History of Germany, From Its Invasion by Marius Down to the Year 1867
A History of Germany From Its Invasion by Marius Down to the Year 1867 Author:Markham Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: years. After his death and canonization by pope Benedict IX., the building in which his remains was deposited was consecrated by archbishop Poppo, and dedicated ... more »to St. Simeon. To fit it for the service of religion, a semicircular apse was added at one end, and three churches constructed hi it, one above the other, in which services were regularly performed up to the beginning of this century, the entrance being by a flight of steps outside. In the year 1817 the rubbish, which had obstructed the entrance for nearly 800 years, was removed by the Prussian government, and the building, being divested of its ecclesiastical character, was restored to its original condition. CHAPTER I'll. ODOACER DEPRIVED OF THE ROMAN CROWN BY THEODORIC—CONQUESTS AND DEATH OF THEODORIC—CHLODWIG OR CLOVIS, FIRST KING OF THE FRANKS—DESTRUCTION Of THE GOTHIC EMPIRE IN ITALY — BELISARIUS —VITIGIS —TOTILA—NARSES — KINGDOM OF THE LOMBARDS ESTABLISHED IN ITALY. Tho Black Gate at TrSves. (See page 18.) The new Roman dynasty had continued twelve years, when Theo- doric, king of the Ostrogoths, surnamed the Great, called in Teutonic romance, Dietrich von Bern (of Verona), invaded Italy (a.d. 488); and having conquered Odoacer at Aquileia and Verona, erected in493 a mighty sovereignty, called the empire of the Ostrogoths, which, besides including Italy and Sicily, extended northwards as far as the Rhine and Danube, and eastwards to the borders of Macedonia and Dacia. Odoacer was murdered at a banquet by order of Theodoric, who suspected him of treason (a.d. 493). The great project of Theodoric was the union of the States of Germany. During a peace of thirty years, he promoted agriculture and trade, and even began the herculean task of draining the Pontine Marshes—a work which he personally inspected fro...« less