Last Man (The), Charles I.; so called by the parliamentarians, meaning the last man who would wear a crown in Great Britain. Charles II. was called “The son of the Last man.”
Last of the Fathers, St. Bernard, abbot of Clairvaux (1091-1153).
Last of the Goths, Roderick, the thirty-fourth and last of the Visigothic line of kings in Spain (414-711). He was dethroned by the African Moors.
⁂ Southey has an historical tale in blank verse, entitled Roderick, the Last of the Goths.
Last of the Greeks, (The), Philopœmen of Arcadia (B.C. 253-183).
Last of the Knights, Maximilian I., the Penniless, emperor of Germany (1459, 1493-1519).
Last of the Mo´hicans., Uncas, the Indian chief, is so called by J. F. Cooper, in his novel of that title.
⁂ The word ought to be pronounced Mo.hic.´kanz, but custom has ruled it otherwise.
Last of the Romans, Marcus Junius Brutus, one of the assassins of Cæsar (B.C. 85-42).
Caius Cassius Longīnus is so called by Brutus (B.C.*-42).