Annius
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Annio Proper-name noun: masculine ablative singular, Proper-name noun: masculine dative singular of Annius
- name of a Roman gens, e. g. T. Annius Milo, T. Annius Cimber, P. Annius Asellus al.—Hence, Annianus, v. Annianus, I.
1. L. Annius, of Setia, a Roman colony, was praetor of the Latins, B. C. 340, at the time of the great Latin war. He was sent as ambassador to Rome to demand for the Latins perfect equality with the Romans. According to the Roman story, he dared to say, in the capitol, that he defied the Roman Jupiter; and as he hurried down the steps of the temple, he fell from the top to the bottom, and was taken up dead. (Liv. 8.3-6.)
2. Annius, a freedman, the father of Cn. Flavius, who was curule aedile in B. C. 304. (Gel. 6.9; Liv. 9.46.)
3. T. Annius, a triumvir for founding colonies in Cisalpine Gaul, was obliged by a sudden rising of the Boii to take refuge in Mutina, B. C. 218. (Liv. 21.25.)
4. Annius, a Campanian, who is said to have been sent as ambassador to Rome after the battle of Cannae, B. C. 216, to demand that one of the consuls should henceforth be a Campanian. (V. Max. 6.4.1; Liv. 23.6, 22.)
5. L. Annius, tribune of the plebs, B. C. 110, attempted with P. Lucullus to continue in office the next year, but was resisted by his other colleagues. (Sal. Jug. 37.)
6. P. Annius, tribune of the soldiers, was the murderer of M. Antonius, the orator, in B. C. 87, and brought his head to Marius. (V. Max. 9.2.2; Appian, App. BC 1.72.)
7. C. Annius, sent into Spain by Sulla about B. C. 82 against Sertorius, whom he compelled to retire to Nova Carthago. (Plut. Sert. 7.)
8. Q. Annius, a senator, one of Catiline's conspirators, B. C. 63. He was not taken with Cethegus and the others, and we do not know his future fate. (Sal. Cat. 17, 50; comp. Q. Cic. de Pet. C. 3.)
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1. C. ANNIUS ASELLUS or P. ANNIUS ASELLUS, a senator, who had not been included in the census, died, leaving his only daughter his heres. The property, however, was seized by Verres, the praetor urbanus, on the ground that such a bequest was in violation of the lex Voconia. (Cic. in Verr. 1.41, &c., comp. 1.58, 2.7; Dict. of Ant. s. v. Voconia Lex.)
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…C. Cethegus, P. et Ser. Sullae Ser. filii, L. Vargunteius, Q. Annius, M. Porcius Laeca, L. Bestia, Q. Curius ; praeterea ex equestri ordine M .…
Sallust, Catilina
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…custodiis tenebantur, et praeterea de L. Cassio, P. Furio, P. Umbreno, Q. Annio, si deprehensi forent, supplicium sumundum decreverat ; isque postea permotus oratione C. Caesaris pedibus in sententiam Ti…
Sallust, Catilina
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…multis imperatoribus obsessam, oppugnatam, labefactam, paene captam aliquando quasi fatali adventu solus evertit, sic T. Annius ad illam pestem comprimendam, exstinguendam, funditus delendam natus esse videtur et quasi divino munere donatus rei publicae .…
Cicero, de Haruspicum Responso
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…, reliqui magistratus paene omnes fuerunt defensores salutis meae ; ex quibus excellenti animo virtute auctoritate praesidio copiis T. Annius et P. Sestius praestanti in me benivolentia et divino studio exstiterunt ; eodemque P. Lentulo auctore et pariter…
Cicero, post Reditum ad Populum
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…., ad C. Fonteivm leg ., L. ; A. ; ab C. Annio leg ., ab C. Fonteio leg. satis opinor esse perspicuum, iudices, hanc rationem munitionis neque…
Cicero, pro Fonteio
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…quod utinam illi ante accidisset, ne huc redire potuisset lumen et decus illius exercitus paene praeterii, T. Annium Cimbrum, Lysidici filium, Lysidicum ipsum, quoniam omnia iura dissolvit, nisi forte iure Germanum Cimber occidit .…
Cicero, Philippicae
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…etsi vereor, iudices, ne turpe sit pro fortissimo viro dicere incipientem timere minimeque deceat, cum T. Annius ipse magis de rei publicae salute quam de sua perturbetur, me ad eius causam parem animi magnitudinem adferre non…
Cicero, pro Milone
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…virtute fulsistis, summa tribunorum plebis praetorumque fide et diligentia sublevati. quid ego de praestantissimo viro, T. Annio, dicam, aut quis de tali cive satis digne umquam loquetur qui cum videret sceleratum civem aut domesticum potius…
Cicero, post Reditum in Senatu
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…quo magis erit tibi videndum ne quid novi decernatur, ut hoc nostrum desiderium ne plus sit annuum. de Annio Saturnino curasti probe. de satis dando vero te rogo, quoad eris Romae tu ut satis des. et…
Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum
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…voluit quid est dignius in quo omnis nostra diligentia indulgentiaque consumatur homo importunis ime, cur tantam iniuriam P. Annio mortuo fecisti cur hunc dolorem cineri eius atque ossibus inussisti, ut liberis eius bona patria voluntate patris, iure…
Cicero, in Verrem