Ancus Marcius
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It has gone there since 600 B.C., when King Ancus Marcius built an aqueduct.
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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
This gentleman, of the same name as the great Caesar, married Marcia, who claimed descent from Ancus Marcius, the fourth King of Rome.
From Ancient Rome : from the earliest times down to 476 A. D. by Robert Franklin Pennell
In the middle of the second century before Christ, this Caius Julius, being otherwise unknown to history, married a lady named Marcia, supposed to be descended from Ancus Marcius, the fourth king of Rome.
From Caesar: a Sketch by James Anthony Froude
He took the name of Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, and gained the favor both of Ancus Marcius and the people.
From A Smaller History of Rome by Sir William Smith
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