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Attius

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[at-ee-uhs] / ˈæt i əs /

noun

  1. Lucius. Accius, Lucius.


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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

Most of the plays of Attius, as we have seen, were taken from the Greek tragedians.

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by John Dunlop

This produced the effect which Attius had hoped.

From Historic Tales, Volume 11 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Charles Morris

First they chose for leaders Attius and Coriolanus, in whom indeed they trusted the more of the two.

From Stories From Livy by Bartolomeo Pinelli

The latter's leaders and those in authority over them were delighted at his arrival and again made ready for war; Attius Tullius urged this course upon them all, but the people showed lack of enthusiasm.

From Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form by Cassius Dio

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