Publius Horatius Cocles was an officer in the army of the early Roman Republic who famously defended the Pons Sublicius from the invading army of the Etruscan king Lars Porsena of Clusium in the late sixth century BC, during the war between Rome and Clusium.
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Horatius Cocles, a fanciful 1586 engraving by Hendrick Goltzius.
Siege of Rome by the Etruscans under Lars Porsena. This animated depiction shows the phases of the battle, including the defense of the bridge by Horatius.
Map of Rome, with dark lines marking the city walls: the innermost wall is the Servian Wall; the outer wall did not exist at the time of the battle. The Naevian Gate (indicated) in the Servian Wall leads to the Pons Sublicius, the bridge across the Tiber. The Janiculum is to the west, just beyond the edge of the map; between the hill and the bridge is the Naevian Meadow.
Detail from the Ghisi Shield in the Waddesdon Bequest; a grotesque head in the larger scale above Horatius at the bridge in the smaller
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Publius Horatius Cocles was an officer in the army of the early Roman Republic who famously defended the Pons Sublicius from the invading army of the Etruscan king Lars Porsena of Clusium in the late sixth century BC, during the war between Rome and Clusium. By defending the narrow bridge, he and his companions were able to hold off the attacking army long enough to allow other Romans to destroy the bridge behind him, blocking the Etruscans' advance and saving the city.
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