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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- Marcus
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC)
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Examples
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The New York Times reviewer called Antonius “an eloquent advocate” of Arab nationalism.
Crossing Mandelbaum Gate Kai Bird 2010
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The New York Times reviewer called Antonius “an eloquent advocate” of Arab nationalism.
Crossing Mandelbaum Gate Kai Bird 2010
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Is the little worm aware that one reason I stay so close to Italia is to keep the name Marcus Antonius alive in Italian eyes?
Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007
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An opinion shared by a troupe of musicians and dancers who had hastened from Byzantium at the news of his advent in the neighborhood; from Spain to Babylonia, every member of the League of Dionysiac Entertainers knew the name Marcus Antonius.
Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007
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Is the little worm aware that one reason I stay so close to Italia is to keep the name Marcus Antonius alive in Italian eyes?
Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007
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Cicero, in the second Philippic calls Antonius a catamite; but in
Satyricon 2007
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An opinion shared by a troupe of musicians and dancers who had hastened from Byzantium at the news of his advent in the neighborhood; from Spain to Babylonia, every member of the League of Dionysiac Entertainers knew the name Marcus Antonius.
Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007
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Her Antonius is a bit of a lad, if you follows me, but not cruel.
Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993
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Cicero, in the second Philippic calls Antonius a catamite; but in Republican Rome, it is to Catullus that we must turn to find the most decisive evidence of their almost universal inclination to sodomy.
The Satyricon — Volume 06: Editor's Notes 20-66 Petronius Arbiter
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Cicero, in the second Philippic calls Antonius a catamite; but in Republican Rome, it is to Catullus that we must turn to find the most decisive evidence of their almost universal inclination to sodomy.
The Satyricon — Complete 20-66 Petronius Arbiter
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