[Aure`lius, Victor Sextus], a Roman consul and a Latin historian of the 4th century.
[Aureola], a wreath of light represented as encircling the brows of the saints and martyrs.
[Aurillac] (14), capital of the dep. of Cantal, on the Jourdanne, affluent of the Dordogne, built round the famous abbey of St. Geraud, now in ruins.
[Au`rochs], a German wild ox, now extinct.
[Auro`ra], the Roman goddess of the dawn, charged with opening for the sun the gates of the East; had a star on her forehead, and rode in a rosy chariot drawn by four white horses. See [Eos].
[Aurora] (19), a city in Illinois, U.S., 35 m. SW. of Chicago, said to have been the first town to light the streets with electricity.
[Aurora Borealis], or Northern Lights, understood to be an electric discharge through the atmosphere connected with magnetic disturbance.
[Aurun`gabad`] (50), a city in Hyderabad, in the Nizam's dominions; once the capital, now much decayed, with the ruins of a palace of Aurungzebe.
[Au`rungzebe], Mogul emperor of Hindustan, third son of Shah Jehan; ascended the throne by the deposition of his father, the murder of two brothers and of the son of one of these; he governed with skill and courage; extended his empire by subduing Golconda, the Carnatic, and Bengal, and though fanatical and intolerant, was a patron of letters; his rule was far-shining, but the empire was rotten at the core, and when he died it crumbled to pieces in the hands of his sons, among whom he beforehand divided it (1615-1707).