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MILO. 522 MILTIADES. piiblic poaoe, but the proceedings were quashed. Both ililo and Clodius now liircd a body-guard of gladialors. and armed collisions between their retainers Ijeeanie almost every-day oeeiirrences. About this time Jlilo married Sulla's daughter, Fausta, for her fortune. In T)!! Clodius was elected eurule a'dile. and accused ililo of lieing a violator of the public peace by keeping a force of armed retainers. Pompey conducted the defense of Milo, but no decision was ever reached. In 53 Milo offered liimself as a candidate for the consulship. Clodius opposicd the candidature of Milo, who was defended in the Senate by Cicero in a speech of which some fragments are still extant. On January 20th of the next year Milo was on his way to Lanuvium from Rome, accompanied bj' his band of gladiators. Clodius. also with an armed eomjiany, met him near liovillw. Milo and Clodius passed each other without trouble; but some of Milo's followers picked a quarrel with the slaves of Clodivis. who attempted to interpose, and was stabbed in the shoulder by one of Jlilo's men. Clodius was taken to a tavern in Bovilhr, but was dragged out by the slaves of Jlilo and put to death. The eiu'pse of Clodius was placed on the rostra of the Korum in Home and a mob set lire to the Senate house. These acts of popular violence created a reaction in favor of jlilo, who ventured to return to Rome. Jlilo was tried for the nuirder of Clodius. and though defended by Cicero, he was condemned to exile, and wont to Marseilles. In bis absence he was tried and condemned on charges of violence, of bribery, and conspiracy. In 48 he went back to Italy, witlumt permission, to Join Jlareus Ca>lius, an expelled Senator, who was attempting to ex- cite a rebellion in South Italy, and he was killed before a fort near Thurii. See Cl.ODiis Pulcuer. MILORADOVITCH, mf'16-r:i'd6-vlch, Mik- hail. Cciunt (177(MS2.i). A Russian general, born in Saint Petersburg. After active service in the war with Turkey and in that with Poland, he <lislinguishcd himself iindcr Suvaroff in the campaign of the Austro- Russian army against the French in Italy (1709) and made the famous passage of the Alps by way of the Saint Gothard Pass into Switzerland. In 180r> he was a division commander at Austerlilz, and in 1812 he fought at Roroilino. In ISl.'i he ])layed a prominent part at Liitzen. He was made Governor of Saint Petersburg in 1819, but six years afterwards, as he strove to quell the Decembrist rising, he was shot dead. TiULOSH, ine'lflsh. OnRENOViTCli (1780-1860). .V Prince of Servia, born in Dobrinia. He was the S(m of a peasant, and spent his youth and early manhood as a swineherd in the service of his rich half-brother, who was a leader in the revolt of 1804. Milosh was his lieutenant and his successor, took his half-brother's patronymic in place of his own, Todoroviteli. and became a leader in (he opposition against Karageorge. After the latter fled into .ustria. Milosh stood his grotind against the Turks for a time, then surrendered, and was made commandant or 'knez' of Rndnik. In 1815. what with brave fighting and clever diplomacy, he practically made Servia independent. Two years afterwards he was named hereditary and supreme Prince of Sorvia. a title conferred in 1822 by the National Assembly, and by the Porte in IS.IO. Several re- volts came to nothing, but in 18.'?9 he was forced to abdicate in favor of his son, Milan. In 1858 he was recalled to power by the National Assem- bly. He was a man of no education, but, ener- getic, headstrong, and rather cruel as he was, he deserved the title of "Father of His Country,' as he gave Servia a place in European politics. MTLREIS, mil-res' or MILBEA, mU-r6' (Port., from mil, thousand + rein. pi. of real, tuiall coin). A Portuguese silver coin and money of account, containing 1000 reis. It is valued at $1,075 American. The coin is common- ly known in Portugal as the coruii, or 'crown,' and since April 24, 1835, has been the unit of the money system in that country. It is used in Brazil, where it is worth about 55 United States cents. The half-eoroa, or balf-niilrci. of 500 reis, is also usi'd in both countries. MIL 'ROY, RonERT HrsTox (1810-90). An American soldier, born in Washington County, Ind. lie graduated at N(U-wieh University, Xorthfield, Vt.. in 1843, and served in the Mexi- can War as captain of Indiana volunteers. While studying law he served as a menilier of the Constitutional Convention in 1S49-.50. and in 1851 was made judge of the Eighth .Tudieial Dis- trict of Indiana. M, the outbreak of the Civil War he was made captain, eohmel, and finally brigadier-general in 18C1. In 1802 he was pro- moted to be a major-general after his service in West Virginia. At Winchester. Va.. he opposed for three days a large ])art of Lee's army, then en route for the invasion of Pennsylvania, and lost heavily. Though be claimed that this detention of Lee was of great advantage to (general Meade, en- abling him to light at Gettysburg instead of farther north, an investigation was ordered into his conduct. The charges, however, were dis- missed. His conuuands afterwards were less im- portant, but wliile in charge of the defenses of the Xasliville and Chattanooga Railroiid his eon- duct was again investigated, and he resigned from the army. In IStiS he was trustee of the 'abash and Erie Canal, was superintendent of Indian affairs in Washingtim Territory from 1868 to 1874. and was Indian agent from 1875 to 1885. MILTI'ADES (Lat., from Gk. Mith£S7,s). . famous Athenian general, son of Cimon. He became "tyrant' of the Chersonesns after his brother Stesagoras. and accompanied Darivis Hystaspis in his expedition against the .Scyth- ians, about n.f. 508. He was one of those who were left by Darius in charge of tlie bridge over the Daniibe, and, when Darius failed to appear at the exi)ected time, he advised that the bridge be destroyed and Darius left to his fate. .fterwards he took Lemnos from (he Persians, but, when the Persian lleet came near the Cher- sonesns, fled to Athens. Being chosen one of the ten generals of the year B.C. 490, he defeated the Persians in that year in the great battle nf ][ara(bon. La(er he was intrusted with a (leet of seventy ships by the .Athenians, with which he proceeded against Paros for the pnr|i(ise of avenging a private giiulge. The expedition hav- ing failed, he was. on his return to .thens. con- denuied (o pay a fine of fifty talents. Being un- able (o do this, he was (brown into prison, where he died of an injury received at Paros. MILTIADES, less correctly called Mei- cuiATiKS. Pupe 311-314. He was born in .fricn, and his pontificate covers the eventful period of Constantine's conversion. Under him a synod