Draco
A celebrated lawgiver of Athens, who made a code of laws, B. C. 623, which, on account of their severity, were said to be written in letters of blood. Hence the term Draconic applied to any punishment of exceptional severity.
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Circe and the Friends of Ulysses.
Drusus, M. Livius. A celebrated Roman, who renewed the proposals bearing on the Agrarian laws, which had proved fatal to the Gracchi.
Drusus, Nero Claudius. A son of Tiberius Nero and Livia. He distinguished himself in the wars in Germany and Gaul, and was honored with a triumph. There were other Romans of the same name, but of less distinction.