Decius
Americannoun
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The emperor Decius called for universal sacrifice in 250.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
The Morgan State defense set an early tone when Carl Decius intercepted Sacred Heart’s Marquez McCray on the first play of the game.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 17, 2022
Decius Brutus from “Julius Caesar”: If Caesar hide himself, shall they not whisper “Lo, Caesar is afraid?”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 16, 2020
The original Publius Decius Mus was a Roman consul who sacrificed himself in battle in 340BC.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 14, 2019
By winning that bloodstained crown, the meanest Christian slave might gain a reputation as glorious as that of a Decius or a Regulus.
From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) by William Edward Hartpole Lecky
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