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cognate with the
Latin Decimius. From this it may be
supposed that the
Decii were of
Oscan extraction,
perhaps arising from the
Sabine portion of Rome's...
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rather than
survive as captives.
Examples of devotio, as
performed by the
Decii Mures, in
which soldiers offered and gave
their lives to the Di
inferi (gods...
- Juvenal: A
Verse Translation,
Edwin Mellen Press. Macleane,
Arthur J. (1867).
Decii Junii Juvenalis et A.
Persii Flacci Satirae. With a commentary. The Oxford...
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During the
tenth century,
beyond this gate was
marshland called the
Prata Decii or the Decenniae. At the end of the
Middle Ages, the gate was
closed and...
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killed on the
field of battle. As the
historian Aurelius Victor relates: The
Decii (i.e.,
Decius and his son),
while pursuing the
barbarians across the Danube...
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notably fulfilled and
celebrated in the
battlefield devotio of two
consular Decii;
firstly by the
father and
later by his son.
Edwards 2007, pp. 19–45; Livy...
- the
emperor Augustus, 1st
century CE.
Vatican Museums Tomb
relief of the
Decii, 98–117 CE Bust of
Emperor Claudius, c. 50 CE, (reworked from a bust of...
- re****ure them and
ordered them to
seize alive anyone who wore the
garments the
Decii family used when
devoting themselves. He sent a man to tell
Publius Decius...
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Aelius Decius Tricci**** was a
Roman usurper, who
revolted against Emperor Elagabalus. He
revolted against Elagabalus using troops still loyal to Macrinus...
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Publius Decius Mus, son of Quintus, of the
plebeian gens Decia, was a
Roman consul in 340 BC. He is
noted particularly for
sacrificing himself in battle...
