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 729: here as an enemy to kill my enemy, and I am as ready to die as I am to kill. We Romans act bravely and, when adversity strikes, we suffer bravely." He also declared that he was the first of three hundred Roman youths to volunteer for the task of assassinating Porsena at the risk of losing their own lives.
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.
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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