Quintus in a sentence

All the way back in the 1 century, historian Quintus Curtius Rufus claimed, ‘Alexander scorned sensual pleasures with women’.

Quintus also advised his brother to be a chameleon on the trail.

The construction of the frontier was led by Quintus Lollius Urbicus, who descended from modern-day Syria.

This looks like a page from Quintus Marcus Cicero’s book.

According to Quintus, Laocoön begged the Trojans to set fire to the horse to ensure it was not a trick.

Alexandra * Quintus Smyrnaeus : Posthomerica Further reading * Clarke, Lindsay.

Ammianus Marcellinus in history, Quintus Aurelius Symmachus in oratory, and Ausonius and Rutilius Claudius Namatianus in poetry all wrote with great talent.

Birley, Marcus Aurelius, 94, 105. Apollonius may have introduced Marcus to Stoic philosophy, but Quintus Junius Rusticus would have the strongest influence on the boy.

By the year 71, the Roman governor Quintus Petillius Cerialis had launched an invasion of what is now Scotland.

Frontinus was sent into Roman Britain in 74 AD to succeed Quintus Petillius Cerialis as governor of that island.

However, Catiline was forced to fight when Quintus Caecilius Metellus Celer blocked him from the north with three legions.

Julius Obsequens used Livy, or a source with access to Livy, to compose his De Prodigiis, an account of supernatural events in Rome, from the consulship of Scipio and Laelius to that of Paulus Fabius and Quintus Aelius.

Nevertheless, a ferocious three-year campaign soon followed under Quintus Caecilius Metellus, equipped with three legions and Crete was finally conquered by Rome in 69 BC, earning for Metellus the title "Creticus".

Pompey, the Roman Alexander,P Greenhalg p101-4 His brother-in-law Quintus Metellus Celer served underneath him at this time and followed him in his exploits in the East.

Quintus Ennius wrote a historical epic, the Annals (soon after 200 BC), describing Roman history from the founding of Rome to his own time.

Quintus Petillius Cerialis took his legions from Lincoln as far as York and defeated Venutius near Stanwick around 70. This resulted in the already Romanised Brigantes and Parisii tribes being further assimilated into the empire proper.

She was purified from this action by Priam, Quintus of Smyrna, Posthomerica i.18 ff.

The amnesty was granted by the senate and guaranteed by the pontifex maximus Quintus Furius (in Livy's version) (or Marcus Papirius) who also supervised the nomination of the new tribunes of the plebs, then gathered on the Aventine Hill.

The example of the Phrygian Quintus, who actively sought out martyrdom, is repudiated.

The Roman army under Quintus Fabius Maximus intentionally deprived Hannibal of open battle in Italy for the rest of the war, while making it difficult for Hannibal to forage for supplies.