Tatius

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[tey-shuhs] / ˈteɪ ʃəs /

noun

Roman Legend.

1. a Sabine king who, following the rape of the Sabine women, attacked Rome and eventually ruled with Romulus.

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Example Sentences

Tatius looked at the willowy figure and the common, rather pretty face with its greedy eyes and eager smile, and agreed, with a laugh.

From The Childhood of Rome by Lamprey, Louise

At length, however, causes of disagreement began to occur, and in the end open dissension took place, in the course of which Tatius came to his end in a very sudden and remarkable manner.

From Romulus Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob

The first of these, like the Romulus of Naevius, belonged to the class of 'fabulae Praetextatae,' and was founded on the intervention of the Sabine women in the war between Romulus and Tatius.

From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.

According to Achilles Tatius, Xenophanes gave to the earth the shape of an immense inclined plane, which stretched out to infinity.

From Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens by Blake, John F.

Tatius, words which actually make Nerio the wife of Mars: "De tui, inquit, coniugis consilio, Martem scilicet significans."

From The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus by Fowler, W. Warde