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
Attius Varus has evacuated Auximum, and his troops too have dispersed, or joined Cæsar.
From A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. by Davis, William Stearns
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
It is richly decorated, and by the inscription is proved to have been that of Marcus Attius, aged twenty-five years, erected to him by his mother Coelia, daughter of Sextus Paternus.
From The Idler in France by Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of
It is certain, that Attius had begun to write tragedies before the death of Pacuvius.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by Dunlop, John
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