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The Marsians were the most prominent among the allies in one division, and the Samnites were at the head of another.
The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic Arthur Gilman
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Tectosages, prisoner, and compelled the Marsians, a great and populous nation, to become friends and confederates of the
The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003
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Fifteen thousand Marsians lie dead, and five thousand more are taken prisoner.
The Grass Crown McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1991
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The six thousand men of the legion Silo had commanded at Arausio had died almost to the last noncombatant, and they had been Marsians, not Romans; it was the Marsi had sired them, the Marsi had armed them, the Marsi had paid for their upkeep in the field.
The Grass Crown McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1991
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Indeed I should prefer ten times to read your letters than all the vines of Gaurus or the Marsians; for these Signian vines have grapes too rank and fruit too sharp in the taste, but I prefer wine to must for drinking.
Meditations Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius
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Publius Vettius Scato, the general of the Marsians, between the camps.
The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 Marcus Tullius Cicero
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And the whole body, too, was in every way equal in strength to the Samnites, being composed of the Marsians, the Pelignians, and the Marrusinians; all of whom would have to be encountered as enemies, if the Vestinians were to be interfered with.
The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 Titus Livius
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The Social, or Marsic War (as it is often called on account of the prominent part taken in the insurrection by the warlike Marsians) was a struggle that arose from the demands of the Italian allies for the privileges of Roman citizenship, from which they were wholly excluded.
General History for Colleges and High Schools Philip Van Ness Myers
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The senate also voted for the war; and the consuls, after raising two armies, marched into the territories of the Marsians and Pelignians, the army of the Samnites having joined them, and pitched their camp near
The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 Titus Livius
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Marsians for one of these; and that the other had been several times intended by Julius Caesar, but as often abandoned on account of the difficulty of its execution.
De vita Caesarum Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus
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