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
They were afraid of the Romans, who had so often defeated them, and Attius sought in vain to stir them to hostility.
From Historic Tales, Volume 11 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles
Quintilian characterizes Attius and Pacuvius as chiefly remarkable for this practice.—“Tragœdiæ scriptores Attius et Pacuvius, clarissimi gravitate sententiarum.”
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by Dunlop, John
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 Dunlop, John
Coriolanus died in exile, according to Fabius Pictor; through the stratagems of Attius Tullius, if we may believe Dionysius.
From Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life by Flaubert, Gustave
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