Festus, Marcius was surnamed Ancus because of his crooked arm (ancus signifying "bent" in Latin). According to Livy, Ancus's first act as king was to order... 12 KB (1,175 words) - 15:45, 2 May 2024 |
essential for shipbuilding, had been seized from the Etruscans of Veii by Ancus Martius. Since woodland was everywhere the province of Silvanus, there is no... 2 KB (279 words) - 06:13, 5 February 2023 |
INCRESCEN AUDACIAE; IMPIETATI ET MALIS ARTIBUS, from Livy's life of Ancus Martius. INFAME SCELUS ... RI INFELICI SUSPE, a "paraphrase from the same work"... 15 KB (1,296 words) - 21:05, 26 March 2024 |
Roman Kingdom (section Ancus Marcius) and religious king in his place, Numa's grandson, Ancus Marcius. Much like his grandfather, Ancus did little to expand the borders of Rome and only fought... 37 KB (4,243 words) - 13:45, 28 March 2024 |
Gudrun Dorothea Ræder (redirect from Gudrun Dorothea Martius) Ræder was born in Göttingen on 21 April 1908, a daughter of Rudolf Ancus Martius and Dorothea Robertson.: p. 29 In 1940 she married Johan Georg A. Ræder... 4 KB (380 words) - 06:24, 26 December 2023 |
Ancus Marcius, Rome's fourth king, defeated the Latins of Politorium, and resettled them on the Aventine. The Roman geographer Strabo credits Ancus with... 14 KB (1,834 words) - 13:32, 1 May 2024 |
Numa Marcius (redirect from Numa Martius) Marcius married Pompilia, daughter of Numa Pompilius, and was the father of Ancus Marcius. Livy, Ab urbe condita, 1:20 Plutarch, "The Life of Numa", 21. Plutarch... 1 KB (136 words) - 04:02, 8 February 2024 |
called ergastula. The first Roman prison was said to have been built by Ancus Marcius and enlarged by Servius Tullius, during the semilegendary period... 8 KB (922 words) - 17:01, 11 February 2024 |
According to tradition, the prison was constructed around 640–616 BC, by Ancus Marcius. It was originally created as a cistern for a spring in the floor... 14 KB (1,770 words) - 13:55, 4 March 2024 |
they claimed descent from a legendary figure from the time of the kings. Ancus Publicius of Cora was said to have been one of the generals of the Latin... 14 KB (1,567 words) - 22:27, 3 January 2024 |
attain high station based solely on his merits. He fell into the retinue of Ancus Marcius, the fourth Roman king, becoming his trusted advisor. Since the... 18 KB (2,412 words) - 18:51, 14 April 2024 |
including parts of the frieze, Roman Forum Temple of Hadrian – Campus Martius – a huge wall with 11 columns, now incorporated in a later building Temple... 35 KB (4,509 words) - 16:07, 26 March 2024 |
and piecemeal process extending from Servius' predecessors, former kings Ancus Marcius and Tarquinius Priscus, to his successor Tarquinius Superbus, into... 14 KB (2,047 words) - 20:49, 25 June 2022 |
for his aunt Julia, Caesar also indirectly claimed to be descended from Ancus Marcius and the kings of Rome, and so from Mars. Moreover, when he was a... 138 KB (19,464 words) - 01:12, 11 April 2024 |
not appear in the Fasti Triumphales. A. = Aulus Agrippa (not abbreviated) Ancus (not abbreviated) Ap. = Appius C. = Gaius Cn. = Gnaeus K. = Kaeso or Caeso... 57 KB (2,171 words) - 13:54, 4 June 2023 |
their own hair to make bowstrings during a siege of Rome. In another, king Ancus Marcius' wife and other Roman women lost their hair during an epidemic;... 72 KB (8,623 words) - 19:19, 2 May 2024 |