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Gaius Mucius Scaevola. Gaius Mucius Cordus, better known with his later cognomen Scaevola ( / ˈsiːvələ, ˈsɛv -/ SE (E)V-ə-lə, Latin: [ˈskae̯wɔla] ), was an ancient Roman youth, possibly mythical, famous for his bravery. In 508 BC, during the war between Rome and Clusium, the Clusian king Lars Porsena laid siege to Rome. Gaius Mucius ...
Article History. Gaius Mucius Scaevola, legendary Roman hero who is said to have saved Rome ( c. 509 bc) from conquest by the Etruscan king Lars Porsena. According to the legend, Mucius volunteered to assassinate Porsena, who was besieging Rome, but killed his victim’s attendant by mistake.
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Maximilian I (22 March 1459 – 12 January 1519) was King of the Romans from 1486 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1508 until his death in 1519. He was never crowned by the Pope, as the journey to Rome was blocked by the Venetians.
Feb 11, 2021 · Lars Porsena: The Famous Etruscan Ruler Who Threatened Rome. Read Later. Print. Lars Porsena was an Etruscan ruler mentioned in the earliest accounts of Roman history. His story is associated with Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, the seventh and last semi-legendary king of Rome.
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Lars Porsena came into conflict with Rome after the revolution that overthrew the monarchy there in 509 BC, resulting in the exile of the semi-legendary last king of Rome, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus.The deposed monarch, whose family was of Etruscan origin, tried and failed to retake the throne a number of times before appealing to Porsena for assis...
In 508 BC, after the siege of Rome, Porsena split his forces and sent part of the Clusian army with his son Aruns to besiege the Latin city of Aricia. The Aricians in turn sent for assistance from the Latin League and from Cumae, and the Clusian army was defeated in battle.
According to most accounts, Lars Porsena was buried in an elaborate tomb in (or under) the city he ruled. Pliny the Elderdescribes Porsena's tomb as having a 50 Roman foot high rectangular base with sides 300 feet long (approx. 15 x 89 m). It was adorned by pyramids and massive bells. Porsena's tomb would have been razed to the ground together with...
The story of Lars Porsenna and the Roman hostage Cloelia is the basis of the libretto Il trionfo di Clelia (1762) by Pietro Metastasio. The French writer Madeleine de Scudéry wrote Cléliein 1661. Lays of Ancient Rome (1842) by Thomas Babington Macaulay tells the legendary story of the Roman Horatiusdefending the bridge into Rome against Lars Porsen...
Evans, John Karl (1980). Plebs Rustica. The Peasantry of Classical Italy I: the Peasantry in Modern Scholarship.Evans, John Karl (1991). War, Women and Children in Ancient Rome. Routledge.Oct 22, 2013 · Roman maniples aggressively attacked from the front and side, usually protecting themselves with their shields to form a "tortoise" that could move across the battlefield and resist enemy fire. The Romans also used military intelligence, subterfuge, and siege warfare to better their enemies.
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Apr 6, 2024 · The Roman-Etruscan Wars represent a significant chapter in the ancient history of ancient Italy, marking the clashes between the burgeoning power of Rome and the advanced civilization of the Etruscans.
