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Several, or even all of these pithy sayings attributed to Julia could be the invention of Macrobius or his first-century source, Domitius Marsus.
Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010
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The author, Macrobius, culled his material from a collection of witticisms edited in the first century by one Domitius Marsus, who, as a protégé of the Augustan socialite Maecenas, was presumably repeating stories that were making the rounds of Roman court gossip at the time.75
Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010
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Domitius therefore by preparing for his defence, and Marsus by seeming determined to famish, both protracted their lives.
The Reign of Tiberius, Out of the First Six Annals of Tacitus; With His Account of Germany, and Life of Agricola Caius Cornelius Tacitus
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This epigram gave occasion to talk of the poets, and Marsus, the
The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter 20-66 Petronius Arbiter
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The noble descent of Domitius I have above declared: Marsus too was distinguished by the ancient dignities in his house, and himself illustrious for learning.
The Reign of Tiberius, Out of the First Six Annals of Tacitus; With His Account of Germany, and Life of Agricola Caius Cornelius Tacitus
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'Famaque post cineres maior venit; et mihi nomen tunc quoque, cum vivis adnumerarer, erat, cum foret et Marsus, magnique Rabirius oris,
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills
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Inuide, quid laceras Nasonis carmina rapti? non solet ingeniis summa nocere dies, famaque post cineres maior uenit. at mihi nomen tum quoque, cum uiuis adnumerarer, erat. cum foret et Marsus magnique Rabirius oris 5
The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid
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Marsus, found in the best MSS., calls Tibullus 'iuvenis' at the time of his death, which must have occurred about the same time as
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills
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Marsus and Cneius Sentius: Marsus at last yielded to Sentius, the older man and the more vehement competitor.
The Reign of Tiberius, Out of the First Six Annals of Tacitus; With His Account of Germany, and Life of Agricola Caius Cornelius Tacitus
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'_Sub rege Medo_, under a Median King -- _Marsus et Apulus_, he being a
A Diversity of Creatures Rudyard Kipling 1900
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