M. W. MacCallum, Shakespeare's Roman Plays and their Background In the midst of his dalliance the tidings arrive with which the play opens, in 41 B.C., of the contest of his brother Lucius and his wife Fulvia, first with each other and then with Octavius, of their defeat and expulsion from Italy; as well as of the inroad of the Parthians under Labienus as far as Lydia and Ionia. (1.96)
Sidney Lee, Dictionary of National Biography: Index and Epitome alphabetic letter R, entry 25944 architect and draughtsman; became acquainted with James Stuart (1713-1788) [q. v.] at Rome, and was associated with him in preparing and publishing the first volume of the ‘Antiquities of Athens’ (1762); subsequently prepared the ‘Antiquities of Ionia’ (1769-97) for the Society of Dilettanti. [xlviii. (2.61)