Word: publius
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...park of the gods was not frequently cultivated. "Another one, "Exegi monimentum are perennius," "I have eaten a monument, and c." Here is one from Livy, "Venus ei candida veste apparuit," "Venus appeared to him with a white vest on." Another from the historian, "P. Scipio equestri genere natus," "Publius Scipio was born at a horse race." Here are two renderings of apparently cognate origin: "Caesaris bonas leges," "The bony legs of Caesar." "Nune viridi membra sub arbuto stratus," "He having now stretched his green limbs under the arbutus." We could add to the catalogue, "Sed damnatio, quid confert...
...large and brilliant audience assembled yesterday at the Coliseum to witness some gladiatorial contests that were given by our popular friend, Quintius Publius, recently elected to attend to the removal of ash barrels from the sidewalks, and the arresting of students, who to use the splendid words of the orator, must be destroyed...