On the north the Sabines, and the Æquians on the northeast, invaded the Roman country at the same time.
Both were defeated; and that which was opposed to the Æquians was compelled to take refuge within the walls of Tusculum.
In the other army sent against the Æquians there was a well-known centurion named Virginius.
The Æquians in their numerous attacks upon the Roman territory generally occupied Mount Algidus, which formed a part of the group of the Alban Hills in Latium.
Sabines and Æquians invaded the Roman territory, and two armies were dispatched against them, commanded by some of the Decemvirs.
It was by means of this League that the Æquians and Volscians were kept in check, for they were two of the most warlike nations in Italy, and would have been more than a match for the unsupported arms of Rome.
At the conclusion of the Second Samnite War the Æquians and Hernicans were reduced to subjection after a brief struggle.
It was accordingly upon this mount that the battles between the Romans and Æquians most frequently took place.
For the next 100 years she is engaged in a difficult and often dubious struggle with the Etruscans on the one hand, and the Volscians and Æquians on the other.
The Æquians found themselves hemmed in between the two armies, and were forced to surrender.
The senate has declared you Master of the People, and have sent us to call you to the city; for the consul and the army in the country of the Æquians are in imminent danger.
But the Æquians had no alternative and were obliged to submit.
In the army sent against the Æquians was a centurion named Lucius Virginius, who had a beautiful daughter named Virginia, whom he had betrothed to Lucius Icilius, recently one of the tribunes of Rome.
The Romans suddenly found that they had been entrapped into a cul-de-sac, with impassable hills in front and on each side, and a strong body of Æquians guarding the entrance to the ravine.
War at this time broke out with the Æquians, a neighboring people; but for this war the Æquians were to blame.
All the remainder of the night the battle went on, and when day broke the Æquians found that a ditch and a palisade of stakes had been made around their entire camp.
He rode in his chariot through the gates, Gracchus and the chiefs of the Æquians being led in fetters before him.
Then the Consul rode forward to see, so far as the darkness would suffer him, how great was the camp of the Æquians and after what fashion it was pitched.
Had we but two such houses besides who might undertake, this to do battle with the Æquians and that with the Volscians, the city might remain at peace and do its business quietly, while all the nations round about should be subdued unto it.
Doubtless the camp of the Æquians is even now assailed from without.
A war broke out with the Sabines and the Æquians at the same time, and armies were sent against them both, commanded by friends of the plebeians.
Then the Dictator rode forward to see, so far as the darkness would suffer him, how great was the camp of the Æquians and after what fashion it was pitched.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "quians" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
