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promoted this friendſhip, which ſubſiſted for a long ſeries of years, without interruption. Achaius reigned 32 years, and was ſucceeded by his nephew.
EUGENIUS VIII.
Eugenius VIII. ſon of Murdac, acceding to the throne in the year 762, called the late Regents to account; put one of them to death and inflicted heavy fines on the reſt; but afterwards, reclining in the arms of peace, he gave a looſe to irregular paſſions, and growing infinitely worſe than the Regents, was himſelf put to death for the public benefit, in the 3d year of his reign.
