According to legend, this man, along with two other volunteers, managed to keep the Etruscans at bay while his countrymen demolished the Sublican Bridge over the Tiber.
According to legend, this man, along with two other volunteers, managed to keep the Etruscans at bay while his countrymen demolished the Sublican Bridge over the Tiber. The subject of a poem by Thomas Macauley, his deed was rewarded when a statue was built in his honor and he was awarded as much land as he could plow in a day. FTP, who is this figure of Roman mythology immortalized in the poem "Horatio at the Bridge"?
According to legend, this man, along with two other volunteers, managed to keep the Etruscans at bay while his countrymen demolished the Sublican Bridge over the Tiber.
Horatius {Cocles} (accept {Horatius} before the word “Horatio”)