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

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 Watson, John Selby

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 Clough, Arthur Hugh

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 Smith, William, Sir

"You never did see Ancus Marcius, that's all brag," cried a voice that sounded full of irritation and even nervous exhaustion.

From The Possessed (The Devils) by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor