ellauri023.html on line 722: Kuuluisimpia stoalaismenestystarinoita on Mucius Scaevola vs. Lars Porsenna. Mä kyllä peukutan kaimaani Larsia. Lars oli onnellisen kylän pieni paxu pormestari, Mucius suurvallan tottelevainen nazi. Miehittämätön lennokki joka osui vielä väärään henkilöön.
ellauri023.html on line 726: Gaius Mucius Cordus, better known with his later cognomen Scaevola was an ancient Roman youth, possibly mythical, famous for his bravery.
ellauri023.html on line 728: In 508 BC, during the war between Rome and Clusium, the Clusian king Lars Porsena laid siege to Rome. Gaius Mucius Cordus, with the approval of the Roman Senate, sneaked into the Etruscan camp with the intent of murdering Porsena. Since it was the soldiers' pay day, there were two similarly dressed people, one of whom was the king, on a raised platform speaking to the troops. This caused Mucius to misidentify his target, and he killed Porsena's scribe by mistake. After being captured, he famously declared to Porsena: "I am Gaius Mucius, a citizen of Rome. I came
ellauri023.html on line 732: Mucius thrust his right hand into a fire which was lit for sacrifice and held it there without giving any indication of pain, thereby earning for himself and his descendants the cognomen Scaevola, meaning "left-handed". Porsena was shocked at the youth's bravery, and dismissed him from the Etruscan camp, free to return to Rome, saying "Go back, since you do more harm to yourself than me". At the same time, the king also sent ambassadors to Rome to offer peace.
ellauri023.html on line 734: Mucius was granted farming land on the right-hand bank of the Tiber, which later became known as the Mucia Prata (Meadows of Mucus).
ellauri023.html on line 736: The story of Mucius inspired a punishment in Rome's Colosseum for condemned prisoners where they would be forced to reenact this tale.
ellauri023.html on line 742: Mucius Scaevola vs. Lars Porsenna. Mä oon toi Lars Porsenna mieluummin, vaikka sen sotaonni sit porsikin. Horatiuxen porsas niinkuin pulleaposki KH Riikonen.
ellauri153.html on line 304: Tämän epäonnistumisen jälkeen Tarquin kääntyi Clusiumin kuninkaan Lars Porsenan puoleen. Porsenan marssi Roomassa ja roomalaisten urhea puolustus saavuttivat legendaarisen aseman, mikä johti Horatiuksen tarinaan sillalla ja Gaius Mucius Scaevolan rohkeuteen. Tilit vaihtelevat siitä, tuliko Porsena lopulta Roomaan vai estettiinkö se, mutta nykyaikainen stipendi viittaa siihen, että hän pystyi miehittämään kaupungin lyhyesti ennen vetäytymistä. Joka tapauksessa hänen ponnisteluistaan ei ollut hyötyä maanpaossa
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