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Attalus in a sentence

Using Attalus

  • In the example corpus, attalus often appears in combinations such as: attalus in.

Context around Attalus

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.1 words
  • Position in the sentence: 6 start, 5 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

punished 1× king 1× deposed 1× offend 1× friend 1× taking 1× priscus 1×

Often after:

threatened 1× took 1× iii 1× philip 1×

Sentence patterns with Attalus

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

alaric deposed attalus in the 1× attalid king attalus iii died 1× attalus also had 1× attalus took his 1× faith in attalus 1× fate that attalus threatened honorius 1× his friend attalus against the 1× honorius punished attalus by cutting 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

as rome was 1× attalus also had 1× attalus took his 1× he sent an 1× honorius punished attalus 1× in 133 bc 1×

Common sentence endings:

faith in attalus 1× given their name 1× on the floor 1× plan in action 1× the elder pausanias 1× the third time 1×

Words around Attalus

Just before it in the word index:

attallah 2 attalla 5 attalids 3 attalidou 2 attalid 2 attaliates 3

Just after it in the word index:

attanasio 4 attaochu 2 attapur 3 attaque 3 attar 13 attard 37

Similar in corpus frequency:

aanand 16 abcd 16 abdurrahman 16 aberdour 16 abergele 16 abg 16

Corpus analysis for Attalus

  • In this selection, "attalus" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, punished, king, deposed, threatened, took and iii stand out and add context to how "attalus" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include alaric deposed attalus in the and attalid king attalus iii died. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "attalus" sits close to words such as aanand, abcd and abdurrahman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with attalus

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Rather than offend Attalus, Philip tried to mollify Pausanias by elevating him within the bodyguard. (15 words)

Attalus took his revenge by inviting Pausanias to dinner, getting him drunk, then subjecting him to sexual assault. (18 words)

Honorius punished Attalus by cutting off his right finger and thumb, inflicting the same fate that Attalus threatened Honorius with. (20 words)

Longer example sentences

Then Philip, taking Attalus's part, rose up and would have run his son through; but by good fortune for them both, either his over-hasty rage, or the wine he had drunk, made his foot slip, so that he fell down on the floor. (45 words)

Instead, the Hellenized cities united under Attalus's banner, and his armies inflicted several grave defeats upon them, about 232 forcing them to settle permanently and to confine themselves to the region to which they had already given their name. (40 words)

With the agreement of the Senate, he supported the usurpation of Priscus Attalus in order to challenge Honorius's power and force him to agree to a settlement. (28 words)

Example sentences (13)

Honorius punished Attalus by cutting off his right finger and thumb, inflicting the same fate that Attalus threatened Honorius with.

As Rome was entirely dependent upon North African grain for its survival, Honorius hoped to make the people lose faith in Attalus.

Attalus also had severely insulted Alexander, and following Cleopatra's murder, Alexander may have considered him too dangerous to leave alive.

Attalus took his revenge by inviting Pausanias to dinner, getting him drunk, then subjecting him to sexual assault.

He sent an advance force into Asia Minor under the command of his generals Parmenion and Attalus to "liberate" the Greeks living under Persian control.

In 133 BC, when the last Attalid king Attalus III died without an heir, his will conferred his entire kingdom, including Smyrna, to the Romans.

Instead, the Hellenized cities united under Attalus's banner, and his armies inflicted several grave defeats upon them, about 232 forcing them to settle permanently and to confine themselves to the region to which they had already given their name.

Negotiations with Honorius broke down, and Alaric deposed Attalus in the summer of 410, and besieged Rome for the third time.

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Rather than offend Attalus, Philip tried to mollify Pausanias by elevating him within the bodyguard.

Some time after the alleged rape, while Attalus was already in Asia fighting the Persians, he put his plan in action.

The elder Pausanias' taunting of the new lover caused the youth to throw away his life, which turned his friend Attalus against the elder Pausanias.

Then Philip, taking Attalus's part, rose up and would have run his son through; but by good fortune for them both, either his over-hasty rage, or the wine he had drunk, made his foot slip, so that he fell down on the floor.

With the agreement of the Senate, he supported the usurpation of Priscus Attalus in order to challenge Honorius's power and force him to agree to a settlement.

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Common combinations with attalus

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • attalus in 2×

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