Alban Butler was an English Roman Catholic writer. He was born in 1711 and died in 1773. He was educated at the English (Roman Catholic) College, Douay, where he became professor first of philosophy and then of divinity; latterly he was president of the English college St Omer. His Lives of the Saints is a monument of erudition which cost him thirty years' labour. Research Alban Butler
The Horatii were three Roman brothers, who, according to tradition, in the reign of Tullus Hostilius engaged three Alban brothers (the Guriatii), in order to decide the supremacy between Rome and Alba. Victory went to Rome, and the sole surviving Horatius was triumphantly conducted back to the city. But his sister had been betrothed to one of the Guriatii, and her demonstrative grief so enragod Horatius that he stabbed her. For this he was condemned to death, but his father and the people begged for mercy and he was spared. Research Horatii
Peter Elmsley was an English scholar. He was born in 1773 and died in 1825. Educated at Oxford, he was one of the original contributors to the Edinburgh review, and wrote occasionally, at a subsequent period, in the Quarterly. He finally settled at Oxford, on obtaining the headship of St Alban Hall and the Camden professorship of ancient history in 1823. He published editions of the OEdipus Tyrannus (1811), Heraclidae (1815), Medea (1818), Bacchae (1821), and OEdipus Coloneus (1823). Research Peter Elmsley
The Battle of Anzio was the beachhead invasion of Italy from January the 22nd to May the 23rd 1944 by Allied troops during the Second World War. A failure to use information gained by deciphering German codes led to the Allied troops being stranded temporarily after German attacks. Allied troops were held on the beachhead for five months before the breakthrough after Monte Cassino allowed the US 5th Army to dislodge the Germans from the Alban Hills and allow the Anzio force to begin its advance on Rome. Research Battle of Anzio
In the Second World War, the Caesar Line was the last German line of defence in Italy before Rome, extending from the west coast near Ostia, over the Alban Hills south of Rome, via Valmontone to Avezzano - about half-way across the country. When it was breached by the US 5th Army on the 30th of May 1944 the road to Rome was finally opened. Research Caesar Line
Alclyde was an ancient Celtic kingdom of Britain extending from the lower Clyde to the Solway Firth. The capital was Alclyth (Alclyde). It was merged with the kingdom of Alban in 945. Research Alclyde
St Albans (recorded in the Domesday Book as Villa Sancti Albani) is a city in Hertfordshire, England. It's cathedral was built in 1077 and commemorates St Alban. St Albans was the first Roman city in England. It was in the Roman amphitheatre here that St Alban was martyred in the 3rd century, and the city was named after him.
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