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EUTROPIUS, Roman historian, flourished in the latter half of the 4th century A.D. He held the office of secretary (magister memoriae) at Constantinople, accompanied Julian on his expedition against the Persians (363), and was alive during the reign of Valens ( ...

EUROPIUM, jt metallic chemical element, symbol Eu, atomic weight 152-0 (O=i6). The oxide Eu7Oa occurs in very small quantity in the minerals of the rare earths, and was first obtained in 1896 by E. A. Demarcay from Lecoq de Boisbaudran's samarium; G. Urbain an

... and, after his murder (end of 395) by the troops, to the counsels of the eunuch Eutropius (executed end of 309). His consort Eudoxia (daughter of a Frank general, Bauto), a woman of strong will, exercised great influence over him; she died in 404. In the last ...

... ches, a palace with a fine park, and a monument to Weber, the composer, who was EUTROPIUS— EUYUK born here. Towards the end of the i8th century Eutin acquired some fame as the residence of a group of poets and writers, of whom the best-known were Johann Heinri ...