Marcianus
- a variation of Marcian.
Example Sentences
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Marcianus, while embracing him, reminded him of the verses of Terence: "This day which brings to thee another life Demands that thou another man shalt be."
From Saint Augustin by O'Sullivan, Vincent
When Marcianus and Pulcheria passed away, the empire came into the hands of a series of three men of ability.
From The Byzantine Empire by Oman, Charles William Chadwick
Lastly, his friends, Honoratius, Marcianus, and the others, earnestly persuaded him to go and find a stage worthy of him at Rome.
From Saint Augustin by O'Sullivan, Vincent
On the freedman, Galba conferred the honor of the gold ring, and Icelus, as he had been before, now taking the name of Marcianus, held the first place of the freedmen.
From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Clough, Arthur Hugh
It was bought by Jan van der Mark of Utrecht, and on this account it is described in the Amsterdam edition of the work as the Codex Marcianus.
From Studies from Court and Cloister: being essays, historical and literary dealing mainly with subjects relating to the XVIth and XVIIth centuries by Stone, J. M. (Jean Mary)
