Appius

The name Appius referred to Dennis's tragedy of _Appius and Virginia_, a piece now recollected solely by the fact that poor Dennis had invented some new thunder for the performance; and by his piteous complaint against the actors for afterwards "stealing his thunder," had started a proverbial expression.

Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series Leslie Stephen 1868

Five men were named as her partners in adultery—Iullus Antonius, Quintus Crispinus, Appius Claudius, Sempronius Gracchus, and Scipio—all of them from noted aristocratic families.

Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010

“Appius or Gaius?” she asked, assuming he must mean one of the older two, each of whom was as stern and humorless and ambitious as the other.

CONSPIRATA ROBERT HARRIS 2010

I did not contradict him, although it was hard to imagine those two stiff-necked older brothers, Appius and Gaius, getting up to any such mischief.

CONSPIRATA ROBERT HARRIS 2010

You heard them read from a written deposition, the evidence of a gorging brute, a hopeless glutton, named Junius Crassus, that I performed certain nocturnal rites at his house in company with my friend Appius

The Defense Apuleius 2008

You heard them read from a written deposition, the evidence of a gorging brute, a hopeless glutton, named Junius Crassus, that I performed certain nocturnal rites at his house in company with my friend Appius

The Defense Apuleius 2008

In subsequent chapters, Saylor shows us the rebellion of Coriolanus, the Decemvirs writing the Twelve Tables including the disgrace of Appius Claudius, the occupation of Roma by the Goths in the 4th century B.C., the building of the Appian Way, the defeat of Hannibal by Scipio Africanus, the rise and fall of the Brothers Gracchi, the brutal reign of the dictator Sulla, and the rise to power of Gaius Julius Caesar.

Archive 2008-08-01 adamosf 2008

There were a group of them interested in the subject—Divus Julius, Cicero, Nigidius Figulus, and Appius Claudius Pulcher, I think.

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

At the bottom of the steps was a full iugerum of flagging, its margins marked with phallic plinths upon which stood the statues of great Roman generals: Fabius Maximus Cunctator, Appius Claudius Caecus, Scipio Africanus, Aemilius Paullus, Scipio Aemilianus, Gaius Marius, Caesar Divus Julius, and many others, each so beautifully painted it looked alive.

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

When Appius Claudius the Blind inaugurated the temple to get Bellona on his side during the Etruscan and Samnite wars, he put a statue of her in the building; both were handsome and well kept up, painted in vivid colors regularly revitalized.

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007