Ancus Marcius

[ ang-kuhs mahr-shee-uhs, -shuhs ]

noun

, Roman Legend.

1. a king of Rome, during whose reign the first bridge across the Tiber was constructed.

Example Sentences

It has gone there since 600 B.C., when King Ancus Marcius built an aqueduct.

From Time Magazine Archive

Caius Marcius, a noble Roman youth, descended from the worthy king Ancus Marcius, fought valiantly when but seventeen years of age in the battle of Lake Regillus, and was there crowned with an oaken wreath, the Roman reward for saving the life of a fellow-soldier.

From Project Gutenberg

The regal government subsisted at Rome for two hundred and forty-three years, under seven kings—Romulus, Numa Pompilius, Tullus Hostilius, Ancus Marcius, Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, Servius Tullius, and Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, all of whom, except the last, may be said to have laid the foundation of Roman greatness by their good government.

From Project Gutenberg

Ancus Marcius was the grandson of king Numa Pompilius by his daughter.

From Project Gutenberg

Ancus Marcius renews the religious institutions of Numa; conquers the Latins, confers on them the right of citizenship, and assigns them the Aventine hill to dwell on; adds the hill Janiculum to the city; enlarges the bounds of the empire.

From Project Gutenberg