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Ancȳra , ae, f., = Ἄγκυρα.
I. A town in Galatia, now Angora, where was a marble temple of Augustus, built in his lifetime, Liv. 38, 24; Curt. 3, 1; Plin. 5, 32, 42, § 146; Claud. in Eutr. 2, 98.—
II. A town in Phrygia, Plin. 5, 32, 41, § 145.—Whence, Ancȳrānus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Ancyra, Claud. in Eutr. 2, 416: Marmor or Monumentum Ancyranum, a Latin inscription on the inside of the antœ of the temple of Augustus, containing a record of his deeds, being a copy of the bronze tablets placed in front of his Mausoleum; cf. Suet. Aug. 101, and Wolf, Suet. II. p. 369 sq.; cf. Bähr, Lit. Gesch. p. 286.
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    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 101
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 38, 24
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 3.1
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