Ancus Marcius

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[ang-kuhs mahr-shee-uhs, -shuhs] / ˈæŋ kəs ˈmɑr ʃi əs, -ʃəs /

noun

Roman Legend.

1. a king of Rome, during whose reign the first bridge across the Tiber was constructed.

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Ancus Marcius

It has gone there since 600 B.C., when King Ancus Marcius built an aqueduct.

From Time Magazine Archive

Again, Tullus Hostilius, the successor of Numa, was commonly said to have been killed by lightning, but many held that he was murdered at the instigation of Ancus Marcius, who reigned after him.

From The Golden Bough by Frazer, James George, Sir

Ancus Marcius was the grandson of king Numa Pompilius by his daughter.

From The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livius, Titus

Again an interregnum followed, and again a king was chosen, this time Ancus Marcius, a Sabine, grandson of the good Numa, a man who strove to emulate the virtues of his ancestor.

From The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic by Gilman, Arthur

His kings were either organizers, like Numa and Ancus Marcius, or warriors, like Romulus and Tullus Hostilius; they either made laws, like Servius, or they enforced them with the despotism of Tarquinius Superbus.

From The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic by Gilman, Arthur