Lucius

[ loo-shuhs ]

noun

1. a male given name: from a Latin word meaning “light.”

Example Sentences

With a sword in his hand and vengeance in his heart, Hanno finds his way back to the imperial capital where he wins bloody renown in the Colosseum, reveals that he's actually named Lucius Verus and thus wades into the political intrigues at the apex of a corrupt and violent hierarchy.

From Salon

This sets Lucius on his path back to Rome, following his wife's murderer intent on vengeance but then finding the goal of greater freedom for Rome more compelling along the way.

From Salon

Among them, only Lucius truly exists, and it is only through him that the other gladiators suddenly realize they can reclaim their agency and promptly entrust it to the man who would lead them.

From Salon

Although Macrinus is painted as an antagonist in the film, his very presence speaks to the long and arduous road that achieving freedom must take – not the more compressed ephiphany that Lucius has after becoming a gladiator.

From Salon

But for the film's purposes, the challenge of igniting a rebellious spirit among a divided and deceived underclass falls on Lucius, and for the sake of the plot's momentum he must succeed, but only in a peculiar way that does not offer any tangible promise like civic rights or land redistribution.

From Salon