Decius
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Decius Brutus from “Julius Caesar”: If Caesar hide himself, shall they not whisper “Lo, Caesar is afraid?”
From Washington Post
She is believed to have been a young woman of noble birth who was martyred, after terrible tortures, under the Roman emperor Decius in 251AD.
From Economist
The man behind Decius was later revealed to be Michael Anton, a former speechwriter for George W. Bush who now works in the White House as the National Security Council’s director of strategic communications.
From Salon
Then The Weekly Standard revealed that Decius was Michael Anton, a senior staff member at the National Security Council, and a news media stampede was on.
From New York Times
Decius sought to be clear-eyed about the candidate he was endorsing.
From The New Yorker
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