person as especially "pious" in this sense: announcing one's personal pietas through official nomenclature seems to have been an innovation of the late Republic, when Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius claimed it for his efforts to have his father, Numidicus, recalled from exile. Pietas extended also toward "parents" in the sense of "ancestors," and was one of the basic principles of Roman tradition, as expressed by the care of the dead.

Pietas as a virtue resided within a person, in contrast to a virtue or gift such as Victoria, which was given by the gods. Pietas, however, allowed a person to recognize the divine source of benefits conferred.

The first recorded use of pietas in English occurs in Anselm Bayly’s The Alliance of Music, Poetry, and Oratory, published in 1789.

"A RomanPolice say teens, 16 and 17, participated in beating

9:32 PM,
Apr. 5, 2014

The scene of Wednesday's attack is shown at the corner of Morang and Balfour in Detroit.

Written by

Eric D. Lawrence
and Katrease Stafford

Detroit police arrested two teens Saturday in connection with the brutal beating of a tree trimmer from Clinton Township that has sparked outrage across the region.

The teens, ages 16 and 17, were arrested without incident early Saturday morning in the area of the beating on Detroit's east side, according to Detroit Police spokesman Sgt. Michael Woody.

Woody said the teens, who are from Detroit, were part of the group that beat Steve Utash, 54, on Wednesday, although he declined to discuss a motive for the attack. Utash was beaten after his pickup hit 10-year-old David Harris, and he