He had made a gift of all his estates to his sister, reserving for himself only a very moderate yearly income; he had reduced himself from comparative wealth to comparative poverty; he had cut himself off from ever making a suitable marriage; he had made himself a pensioner of his sister's husband: but at this price he had bought independence-he was no longer the subject of the King of sardinia, nor of any sovereign or State in the world.
"The Countess of Albany"
Violet Paget (AKA Vernon Lee)
Of the share which Ennius had in the war we know only that he served in sardinia with the rank of centurion.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar
Then Heracles sent his brother's son Iolaus, together with his own sons, whom he had begotten in Attica, to sardinia.
"The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI)"
Max Duncker