ANCUS MARCIUS (64o-616 B.C.)  , See also:

• FOURTH

fourth legendary See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome . Like Numa, his reputed grandfather, he was a friend of See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace and See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion, but was obliged to make See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war to defend his territories . He conquered the Latins, and a number of them he settled on the Aventine formed the origin of the Plebeians . He fortified the Janiculum, threw a wooden See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge across the See also:

• TIBER (anc. Tiberis; Ital. Tevere)

Tiber, founded the See also:

• PORT

port of See also:

• OSTIA

Ostia, established See also:

• SALT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch zout, Ger. Salz, Scand. salt; cognate with Gr. &Xs, Lat. sal)
• SALT, SIR TITUS, BART

salt-See also:

• WORKS

works and built a See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison . Ancus Marcius is merely a duplicate of Numa, as is shown by his second name, Numa Marcius, the confidant and See also:

• PONTIFEX

pontifex of Numa, being no other than Numa Pompilius himself, represented as See also:

• PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest . The See also:

• IDENTIFICATION (Lat. idem, the same)

identification with Ancus is shown by the See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend which makes the latter a bridge-builder (pontifex), the constructor of the first wooden bridge over the Tiber . It is in the exercise of his priestly functions that the resemblance is most clearly shown . Like Numa, Ancus died a natural See also:

• DEATH

death . See See also:

• LIVY [Thus L1v1us] (59 B.C.—A.D: 17)

Livy i . 32, 33; See also:

• DION

Dion Halic. iii . 36-45; See also:

• CICERO

Cicero, De Republica, ii . 18 .

For a See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical examination of the See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story see See also:

• SCHWEGLER, ALBERT (1819-1857)

Schwegler, Romische Geschichte, bk. xiii.; See also:

• SIR

Sir G . Cornewall See also:

• LEWIS, HENRY CARVILL
• LEWIS, JOHN FREDERICK (180 1876)
• LEWIS, MATTHEW GREGORY (1775-1818)
• LEWIS, MERIWETHER (1774-1809)
• LEWIS, SIR GEORGE CORNEWALL, BART

Lewis, Credibility of See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

Early See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• HISTORY

History, ch. xi.; W . Ihne, History of Rome, i.; R . Pais, Storia di See also:

• ROMA

Roma, i . (1898). who considers that the name points to the personification of the cult of See also:

• MARS
• MARS (MAYORS, MARMAR, MARSPITER GA MASPITER)
• MARS, MLLE [ANNE FRANCOISE HYPPOLYTE BOUTET] (1779-1847)

Mars, and that the military achievements of Ancus are anticipations of later events .