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Curtius

[ koor-tsee-oos ]

noun

  1. Ernst [e, r, nst], 1814–96, German archaeologist and historian.


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Quintus Curtius says that many thousands, clothed in these costly materials, crowded out of Damascus to meet Alexander.

He is best known for his famous supplements to Quintus Curtius and Livy, containing the missing books written by himself.

Let us pass to the second passage indicated by E. Curtius, viz.

Thompson died young, at an age not exceeding twenty-three, and now lives only in the letters of Curtius.

What did Rome possess more precious than her arms and courage, said Curtius as he prepared to leap, in full armour, into the gulf.

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