Muzio Scevola - The Hand in the Flames
The Hand in the Flames: How Muzio Scevola’s Guts Saved a City
This is the legend of Caio Muzio Scevola: Imagine a hostage crisis where the prisoner’s response to torture was to shove his own hand into a fire.
Orazio Coclite - the lone defender of the Sublicio bridge
Orazio Coclite the Lone Hero Defender Of The Sublicio Bridge
Orazio Coclite: in 508 BC the Romans faced a fierce attack by the Etruscans of Chiusi, led by King Porsenna who wanted to conquer Rome...
Clelia and King Porsenna - Ideas for Travelers
The Legend of Clelia and King Porsenna: A Tale of Roman Courage
The Legend of Clelia and King Porsenna: Clelia's upbringing, born into a respected Roman family, instilled in her the core Roman virtues of duty, courage, and resilience.
Alberico II di Spoleto - Princeps of Rome
Alberico II and the Forgotten Republic of Rome
Alberico II di Spoleto emerged to seize control and impose an unprecedented twenty-two years of peace and order on a Rome in a state of near-anarchy