Attius

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[at-ee-uhs] / ˈæt i əs /

noun

1. Lucius. Accius, Lucius.

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Attius

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

The latter's leaders and those in authority over them were delighted at his arrival and again made ready for war; Attius Tullius urged this course upon them all, but the people showed lack of enthusiasm.

From Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form by Cassius Dio

To this festival there came, at the bidding of Attius, a great company of the Volscians.

From Stories From Livy by Bartolomeo Pinelli

Those tragedies again, in which Roman characters were introduced, as the Decius and Brutus of Attius, were called Prætextatæ, because the Prætexta was the habit worn by Roman kings and consuls.

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by John Dunlop

Among the shorter fragments of Attius we meet with many scattered sentiments, which have been borrowed by subsequent poets and moral writers.

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by John Dunlop