Attius
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Dated to the 2nd or 3rd Century AD, it was inscribed on behalf of Titus Attius Tutor, commander of the First Cohort of Baetasian, which came to Maryport from what is now the Netherlands.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2012
Attius, the great tragic author, was the first to relinquish this usage; and after his time, in conformity to the new practice which he had adopted, a certain mark was placed over the long vowels.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II by John Dunlop
A somewhat similar quality is intended to be expressed in the epithet applied to him by Ovid:— “Ennius arte carens, animosique Attius oris, Casurum nullo tempore nomen habent.”
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by John Dunlop
Those tragedies again, in which Roman characters were introduced, as the Decius and Brutus of Attius, were called Prætextatæ, because the Prætexta was the habit worn by Roman kings and consuls.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by John Dunlop
Attius informs us that Livius was taken prisoner at Tarentum by Quintus Maximus in his fifth Consulship, about thirty years after he is said by Atticus, and our ancient annals, to have introduced the drama.
From Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker. by E. Jones
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