Ancus Marcius
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It has gone there since 600 B.C., when King Ancus Marcius built an aqueduct.
From Time Magazine Archive
The prison at Rome was built by Ancus Marcius, and enlarged by Servius Tullius, from whom this part of it had its name; Varro de L. L., iv.
From Conspiracy of Catiline and the Jurgurthine War by John Selby Watson
I. The patrician family of the Marcii at Rome produced many illustrious men, amongst whom was Ancus Marcius, the grandson of Numa, who became king after the death of Tullus Hostilius.
From Plutarch's Lives, Volume I by Aubrey Stewart
Ancus Marcius, 4th king of Rome, grandson of Numa, extended the city and founded Ostia.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall
The patrician house of the Marcii in Rome produced many men of distinction, and among the rest, Ancus Marcius, grandson to Numa by his daughter, and king after Tullus Hostilius.
From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Arthur Hugh Clough
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