account of Epiphanius (De Pond. et Mens, c. 15), he was a kinsman of the Emperor Hadrian, who employed him in rebuilding Jerusalem (Ella Capitolina). He was converted to Christianity, but on being reproved for practising the pagan astrology, he apostatized to Judaism. His version was very literal, and was used in place of the Septuagint in the synagogues. (Norell. 146.) Though the Christians generally disliked it, Jerome and Origen sometimes speak in its praise. The second edition was named και διαβασμος, for its literal accuracy. The few fragments that remain are published in the Hexapla of Origen, and in Dathe's Opuscula, Lips. 1746.fortified city of the kingdom of Naples, and chief of the province Abruzzo Ulteriore Seconda. It is situated on the Aterno, in the vale of Aquila and Pescara, and is well built. Exclusive of the cathedral, it has no fewer than 24 churches, besides numerous monastic houses, while the population does not exceed 12,000 persons. It was founded in 1240, and soon became a very flourishing city; but war, pestilence, and especially the earthquakes of 1688, 1703, and 1706, have conspired to reduce it to its present state. The manufactures are linen and wax, with a considerable trade in saffron grown in the vicinity. It has a royal college, schools, hospitals, and a handsome theatre.

principal standard of a Roman legion. The standard of Romulus is said to have consisted of a handful of hay, straw, or fern, affixed to a pole or spear; whence the company of soldiers who served under it was called Manipulus. This primitive standard was soon superseded by the figures of animals, which, as Pliny tells us (H. N. x. 4), were the eagle, wolf, minotaur, horse, and boar: but in B.C. 104 the eagle was permanently adopted. It was made of silver or bronze, and was represented with expanded wings.

AQULIEIA, an ancient Italian city, stormed and destroyed by Attila A.D. 452. It was recovered by Narses from the Huns, but it never regained its pristine grandeur. Before that period this Roman colony was 12 miles in circumference, and was a place of great wealth and magnificence. It was among the oldest bishop's sees in Italy, and in the sixth century its bishops had long contests with Rome. The Venetians, in 1420, conquered the adjacent country; and now Aquileia, with Udine and Friuli, forms a part of the Austrian circle of Gorizia.