Ancus Marcius
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It has gone there since 600 B.C., when King Ancus Marcius built an aqueduct.
From Time Magazine Archive
"You never did see Ancus Marcius, that's all brag," cried a voice that sounded full of irritation and even nervous exhaustion.
From The Possessed (The Devils) by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
Ancus Marcius, 4th king of Rome, grandson of Numa, extended the city and founded Ostia.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin
Again, Tullus Hostilius, the successor of Numa, was commonly said to have been killed by lightning, but many held that he was murdered at the instigation of Ancus Marcius, who reigned after him.
From The Golden Bough by Frazer, James George, Sir
The prison at Rome was built by Ancus Marcius, and enlarged by Servius Tullius, from whom this part of it had its name; Varro de L. L., iv.
From Conspiracy of Catiline and the Jurgurthine War by Watson, John Selby
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