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Sertorius

American

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

noun

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

Sertorius British

/ sɜːˈtɔːrɪəs /

noun

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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Captain Ludwig Sertorius, military commentator for the German Transocean News Service, said: "The German counteroffensive has shifted . . . in harmony with the general trend of fighting into the northern direction."

From Time Magazine Archive

According to the historian Plutarch, the Roman general Sertorius in 80 B.C. had his troops pile mounds of gypsum powder by the hillside hideaways of Spanish rebels.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From "Orbiting Jupiter" by Gary D. Schmidt

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

From "Orbiting Jupiter" by Gary D. Schmidt

And Quintus Sertorius would not stay in his stall, so after school Joseph and I took him out to the paddock to let him walk around.

From "Orbiting Jupiter" by Gary D. Schmidt

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