Ancharius
Anchārĭus, ii, m.,
- a Roman family name, Cic. Sest. 53; id. Pis. 38; id. ad Fam. 13, 40.
- —Hence, Anchārĭānus, a, um, adj., pertaining thereto, Quint. 4, 1, 74.
Anchārĭus, (13) ĭī, m. , nom dʼune famille romaine : Cic. Sest. 113 ; Pis. 89, etc. || Anchārĭānus, a, um, de la famille Ancharia : Cic. d. Quint. 4, 1, 74.
Ancha'rius, Q.
1. A senator, and of praetorian rank, was killed by Marius on the return of the latter from Africa to Rome in B. C. 87 (Appian, App. BC 1.73.)
Ancha'rius, Q.
2. Tribune of the plebs in the consulship of Caesar and Bibulus, B. C. 59. He took an active part in opposing the agrarian law of Caesar, and in consequence of his services to the aristocratical party obtained the praetorship in B. C. 56. He succeeded L. Piso in the province of Macedonia in the following year. (Cic. pro Sest. 53, in Pison. 36; Schol. Bob. pro Sest. p. 304, in Vatin. p. 317, ed. Orelli.) One of Cicero's letters is written to him (ad Fam. 13.40).
Ancha'rius Priscus
[Priscus.]