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- Lars Porsena (or Porsenna; Etruscan: Pursenas) was an Etruscan king (lar) known for his war against the city of Rome. He ruled over the city of Clusium...
- N. Porsenna (pen name of Nicu Porsena Ionescu, also known as Nicu Porsenna or Porsena; 13 January 1892 – 18 January 1971) was a Romanian lawyer, writer...
- from Lars Porsenna, the king of Clusium, who marches on Rome but is stopped by Horatius Cocles who defends a bridge alone against Porsenna's forces until...
- Mucius Scaevola before Lars Porsenna or The Fortitude of Scaevola is an oil on canvas painting which was executed after a design by Rubens by artists in...
- Mucius Scaevola in the Presence of Lars Porsenna by Matthias Stom, (early 1640s), Art Gallery of New South Wales...
- been fictional, and some scholars argue that it was the Etruscan king Porsenna who overthrew Tarquinius. The plebeian status of the Junia gens has also...
- and threatened to invade Rome. Outside Rome the two consuls, Gabias and Porsenna, sued for peace and offered wealth, tribute, and hostages as a sign of...
- territory. The warrior Scaevola is captured trying to ********inate king Porsenna, and threatened with torture unless he gives them strategic information...
- demonstrated his seriousness and determination to the Etruscan king Lars Porsenna by holding his right hand in a fire. Derived from the Latin word vir ("man")...
- (1923–2008), French actress Sanda Movilă (born Maria Ionescu), novelist N. Porsenna (born Nicu Porsena Ionescu), writer and politician Urmuz (born Dimitrie...