Sertorius

American  

[ser-tawr-ee-uhs, -tohr-] / sərˈtɔr i əs, -ˈtoʊr- /

noun

1. Quintus died 72 b.c., Roman general and statesman.

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Sertorius British  

/ sɜːˈtɔːrɪəs /

noun

1. Quintus (ˈkwɪntəs). ?123–72 _bc , Roman soldier who fought with Marius in Gaul (102) and led an insurrection in Spain against Sulla until he was assassinated

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Example Sentences

Warfare in Spain kept emissions consistently low between 108 to 92 BC, and emissions dropped even further after 80 BC, due to the Sertorian War, when a coalition of Romans and Iberians, led by the general Quintus Sertorius, fought against a regime established by Sulla, the statesman who established himself as the Republic’s first dictator in a century.

From Salon

The pond had broken panes of ice on the edges, enough to annoy the geese, and from the Small Barn you could hear Quintus Sertorius at his grain, snorting in his bin.

From Literature

And when we carried bales of hay to Quintus Sertorius, Joseph talked about Madeleine.

From Literature

He plowed through snow way past his knees, with both Joseph and me riding him— Joseph’s first time on a horse, and bareback to boot—and Quintus Sertorius snorted and nickered and swished his tail high and did everything he could to tell us how happy he was that spring was coming, even though it was still a long way off.

From Literature

And in the Small Barn, Quintus Sertorius had smelled February and already he was excited.

From Literature