Decumius

They walked, their progress down the Fauces Suburae somewhat eased by the Decumius sons, who shuffled ahead to blaze a path through the accumulating snow.

Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993

Before he became a man he was a legend on the Campus Martius, so Lucius Decumius swears to me.

Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993

Whenever he could sneak away he would walk to the Capena Gate, outside which Burgundus or Lucius Decumius waited with Bucephalus.

Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993

Finally the goodbyes were over-Lucius Decumius, his sons and the Brethren of the crossroads college, Gaius Matius, his mother's servants, Cardixa and her sons, his sister Ju-Ju, his wife, and his mother.

Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993

"Lucius Decumius?" asked Drusus, knitting his brows.

The Grass Crown McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1991

Noises in the distance told them that Sulla and his troops were moving from the Esquiline down into the Palus Ceroliae, but when Marius and Decumius hurried through the huge Capena Gate, no one garbed like a soldier was anywhere near it.

The Grass Crown McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1991

Squeezed between Marius and Decumius, a delighted Young Caesar watched the countryside pass by until darkness fell, never called upon before to take a journey in such urgent circumstances, but secretly harboring a passion for swift travel.

The Grass Crown McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1991

Decumius spoke slowly, concentrating on his grammar.

The Grass Crown McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1991

The straightest, the most honorable man Lucius Decumius knew.

The Grass Crown McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1991

Bromidus came back staggering under the weight of a huge flagon, followed by three others similarly burdened, and proceeded to dispense liquid refreshments to all; he started with Decumius, who gave him a wallop on his thigh that hurt.

The First Man in Rome McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1990