Martii

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noun

The descendants of Ancus Martius, especially a group who made a bid for power by accusing the king Tarquin the Elder and his son-in-law Servius Tullius of murder.

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nounMartii pl (plural only)
  1. historicalpluralplural onlyThe descendants of Ancus Martius, especially a group who made a bid for power by accusing the king Tarquin the Elder and his son-in-law Servius Tullius of murder.

    […] it was discovered that the Martii had employed the murderers, and they were obliged to flee away.

    1795, Sarah Trimmer, A Description of a Set of Prints of Roman History, page 33
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    The people were delighted with these tidings, the murderers were seized and punished, and the Martii fled in dismay to Suessa Pometia.

    1855, Edward Levien, Outlines of the History of Rome, volume 1, page 20

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