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Attius

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[at-ee-uhs] / ˈæt i əs /

noun

  1. Lucius. Accius, Lucius.


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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

Ausonius, for instance, apostrophizes the rhetorician Attius Patera as sprung from a race of Druids.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" by Various

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 Dunlop, John

His original name was Attus or Attius Clausus.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" by Various

Coriolanus died in exile, according to Fabius Pictor; through the stratagems of Attius Tullius, if we may believe Dionysius.

From Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life by Flaubert, Gustave