Ancus Marcius (Classical Latin:[ˈaŋkʊsˈmaːrkiʊs]) was the legendary fourth king of Rome,[1][2][3] who traditionally reigned 24 years.[4] Upon the death of the previous king, Tullus Hostilius, the Roman Senate appointed an interrex, who in turn called a session of the assembly of the people who elected the new king.[5] Ancus is said to have ruled by waging war as Romulus did, while also promoting peace and religion as Numa Pompilius did.[6]
Ancus Marcius was believed by many Romans to have been the namesake of the Marcii, a plebeian family.[7][8][9]
O: diademed head of Ancus Marcius, lituus behind
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R: equestrian statue on 5 arches of aqueduct (Aqua Marcia)
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Silver denarius struck by Lucius Marcius Philippus in Rome 56 BC.
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Ancus was the son of Marcius (himself the son of Rome's first pontifex maximus Numa Marcius) and Pompilia (daughter of Numa Pompilius). AncusMarcius...
and religious king in his place, Numa's grandson, AncusMarcius. Much like his grandfather, Ancus did little to expand the borders of Rome and only fought...
up Ancus or ancus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ancus may refer to: Ancus (beetle), a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae AncusMarcius (7th...
third king of Rome. He succeeded Numa Pompilius and was succeeded by AncusMarcius. Unlike his predecessor, Tullus was known as a warlike king who, according...
from AncusMarcius, but nothing further is recorded of his sons or the generations between them and the Marcii of the early Republic. The nomen Marcius is...
officials named Fetiales who were a sacerdotal collegium. After him AncusMarcius had sacral norms from Numa's work transcribed and made public. He established...
courtesy. King AncusMarcius noticed Tarquinius and, by his will, appointed Tarquinius guardian of his own sons. Although AncusMarcius was the grandson...
husband's succession to the Roman kingdom on the death of AncusMarcius. When the sons of Marcius subsequently arranged the elder Tarquin's assassination...
acquired through Gaius Marcius Rutilus, the first plebeian censor, whose son used it. The gens Marcia claimed descent from both AncusMarcius, a king of Rome...
was ordered by AncusMarcius around 642 BC, but this date is approximate because there is no ancient record of its construction. Marcius wished to connect...
itself. Ostia may have been Rome's first colonia. According to legend, AncusMarcius, the fourth king of Rome, was the first to destroy Ficana, an ancient...
Silvia Romulus and Remus Numa Pompilius Tullus Hostilius Servius Tullius AncusMarcius Lucius Tarquinius Priscus Lucius Tarquinius Superbus Kings of Alba Longa...
married Pompilia, daughter of Numa Pompilius, and was the father of AncusMarcius. Livy, Ab urbe condita, 1:20 Plutarch, "The Life of Numa", 21. Plutarch...
Silvia Romulus and Remus Numa Pompilius Tullus Hostilius Servius Tullius AncusMarcius Lucius Tarquinius Priscus Lucius Tarquinius Superbus Kings of Alba Longa...
AncusMarcius, Rome's fourth king, defeated the Latins of Politorium, and resettled them on the Aventine. The Roman geographer Strabo credits Ancus with...
According to tradition, the prison was constructed around 640–616 BC, by AncusMarcius. It was originally created as a cistern for a spring in the floor of...
- sister of Trajan Aelius Marcianus - jurist Marcius - writer AncusMarcius - early king Gaius Marcius Rutilus - consul Marcus Aemilius Scaurus - princeps...
Priscus ??? c. 616 – 578 BC (38 years) After the death of AncusMarcius, he became regent due to Marcius' sons being too young, but was soon elected king by...
disagreed whether her cult was introduced to Rome by Servius Tullius or AncusMarcius. The two earliest temples mentioned in Roman Calendars were outside...
Silvia Romulus and Remus Numa Pompilius Tullus Hostilius Servius Tullius AncusMarcius Lucius Tarquinius Priscus Lucius Tarquinius Superbus Kings of Alba Longa...
Oscan inscriptions. Ancus is known from only two sources: AncusMarcius, the fourth King of Rome, who was of Sabine ancestry, and Ancus Publicius, an early...
of an inscription. The sources state that it was destroyed twice by AncusMarcius in his drive to control the lower course of the Tiber and the salines...
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