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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...
- 509 BC, he sought military help from Lars Porsenna, king of Clusium. After the war between Clusium and Rome, Porsenna made a peace with Romans, and Tarquinius...
- 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")...
- Livy claims that Porsenna aimed to restore Tarquin to his throne, but failed to take Rome after a siege. Tacitus suggests that Porsenna's army succeeded...
- Bragaglia and Vittorio Cottafavi), including characters of Etruscan king Porsenna and Mucius Scaevola Hero of Rome 1964 with Gordon Scott as Gaius Mucius...