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
While Plautus, Cæcilius, Afranius, and Terence, raised the comic drama to high perfection and celebrity, Pacuvius and Attius attempted, with considerable success, the noblest subjects of the Greek tragedies.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by Dunlop, John
Ausonius, for instance, apostrophizes the rhetorician Attius Patera as sprung from a race of Druids.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" by Various
This produced the effect which Attius had hoped.
From Historic Tales, Volume 11 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles
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 Dunlop, John
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