Anxur

Then having dined we crawled on three miles farther % and arrive under Anxur, which is built upon rocks that look white to a great diilance.

The Works of Horace 1780

During their tribuneship, whilst the solicitude of all was directed to the Veientian war, the garrison at Anxur was neglected in consequence of the absence of the soldiers on leave, and from the indiscriminate admission of Volscian traders was overpowered, the guards at the gates being suddenly betrayed.

The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 Titus Livius

In the country of the Volscians Anxur was soon retaken, the guarding of the city having been neglected during a festival day.

The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 Titus Livius

At Feronia the passengers left the boat, washed their faces and hands, and crawled onward three miles up to the heights of Anxur, where Mæcenas and others joined the party.

The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic Arthur Gilman

The same year a colony of three hundred was sent to Anxur, and received two acres of land each.

The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 Titus Livius

But among the Volscians, their territory being depopulated, Anxur, which was situate on an eminence, was assaulted, but to no purpose; and when force was ineffectual, they commenced to surround it with a rampart and a trench.

The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 Titus Livius

Jupiter of Anxur watches, and Feronia glad in her greenwood: and where the marsh of Satura lies black, and cold Ufens winds his way along the valley-bottoms and sinks into the sea.

The Aeneid of Virgil 70 BC-19 BC Virgil

Veii, at Capena, at Falerii, and among the Volscians, that Anxur might be recovered from the enemy; and at the same time there was some difficulty experienced both in consequence of the levy, and of the contribution of the tax: there was also a contention about the appointment of plebeian tribunes; and the two trials of those, who a little before had been invested with consular authority, excited no trifling commotion.

The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 Titus Livius

One cohort, when they were at no great distance from Anxur, posted itself at Lautulæ, in a narrow woody pass between the sea and the mountains, to intercept those whom the consul was dismissing under various pretences (as has been already mentioned).

The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 Titus Livius

Because they saw the Romans engaged in many wars together, that of the Volscians at Anxur, where the garrison was besieged, that of the Æquans at Lavici, who were attacking the Roman colony there, moreover in the Veientian,

The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 Titus Livius