people
The Marsi
the Marsi
also: Marsis, Marsa
An Italic people of central Italy, famed both as tough warriors and as snake-charmers and sorcerers; 'Marsian charms' are magic spells.
Reading notes
- The Odes §1.1 Marsian boar
A boar from the country of the Marsi, a hardy warrior-people of central Italy.
- The Odes §1.2 Marsian foot-soldier
The Marsi, central-Italian people famed as tough infantry.
- The Odes §2.20 Marsian cohort
The tough Italian infantry feared by the Dacian.
- The Odes §3.5 Marsian
An Italian people; the captive 'Marsian and Apulian' has forgotten Rome.
- The Epodes §5 Marsian
The Marsi, an Italic people famed as snake-charmers and sorcerers; 'Marsian' charms are magic spells.