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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...
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    The tomb of the Etruscan king Lars Porsena (Italian: Mausoleo di Porsenna) is a legendary ancient building in what is now central Italy. Allegedly built...
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    defended the Pons Sublicius from the invading army of Etruscan King Lars Porsena of Clusium in the late 6th century BC, during the war between Rome and...
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  • Arsia. Tarquin convinced Lars Porsena to lead his army against Rome. The war between Clusium and Rome followed, during which Porsena besieged Rome. The siege...
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    against each other. After this failure, Tarquin turned to Lars Porsena, the king of Clusium. Porsena's march on Rome and the valiant defence of the Romans achieved...
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    In 508 BC, during the war between Rome and Clusium, the Clusian king Lars Porsena laid siege to Rome. Gaius Mucius Cordus, with the approval of the Roman...
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    Republic. According to legend, he volunteered to infiltrate the camp of Lars Porsena, the king of Clusium, who besieged Rome c. 508 BC, and who may in fact...
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    people. The Tomb of Lars Porsena is a legendary ancient building in what is now central Italy, tomb of the Etruscan king Lars Porsena. Allegedly built around...
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  • champion Lars Porsena, Etruscan king of Clusium Lars Løkke Rasmussen (born 1964), Prime Minister of Denmark, 2009 to 2011 and 2015 to 2019 Lars Kristian...
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    early history of ancient Rome. She was one of the women taken hostage by Lars Porsena as a part of the peace treaty which ended the war between Rome and Clusium...
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    Tricipitinus. He was the first consul ever to be re-elected. In 508 BC, Lars Porsena, the king of Clusium, attacked Rome at the behest of Tarquin. According...
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    the Etruscan kingship of Lucius Tarquinius Superbus in Rome 508 BC: Lars Porsena besieges Rome 508 BC: War between Clusium and Aricia 482 BC: Beginning...
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    as one of the defenders of the Sublician bridge against the army of Lars Porsena, the King of Clusium. The Herminii were a patrician family at Rome during...
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  • of observation). 502 BC: The Latin League defeats the Etruscans under Lars Porsena at Aricia. 502 BC: Naxos rebels against Persian domination sparking the...
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  • of Lars Porsena, king of Clusium in 508 BC. Clusium was at that time a powerful Etruscan city. The Roman senate heard of the approach of Porsena's army...
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  • as one of the defenders of the Sublician bridge against the army of Lars Porsena, the King of Clusium. The Larcii, whose nomen is also incorrectly spelled...
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    Tarquinius Superbus Arruns Tarquinius (son of Tarquin the Proud) Lars Porsena Lars Tolumnius Titus Vestricius Spurinna Culture and society Apollo of...
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  • a military conflict in central Italy that took place around 508 BC. Lars Porsena was king of Clusium, at that time reputed to be one of the most powerful...
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    the only span crossing the Tiber at Rome, against the Etruscan army of Lars Porsena, King of Clusium. The three heroes are willing to die in order to prevent...
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    controllata status. According to legend, it was founded by the Etruscan King Lars Porsena of Clusium (modern Chiusi). Recent findings prove that a settlement was...
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    Macaulay's poem 'Horatius' has as its hero a Roman, not the ranks of Lars Porsena invading the city of Rome. Even so Macaulay perfectly catches in his...
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    father-in-law, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus. Lars Porsena's invasion occurred about ten years earlier. However, since Porsena was supposed to have been acting on...
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    and concerned with cultus. Osiniu fl. probably early 11th century BC Lars Porsena fl. late 6th century BC Aruns fl. c. 500 BC Lausus Larthia Thefarie Velianas...
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    establishment of the Republic. Cloelia, a Roman woman taken hostage by Lars Porsena, who escaped but after negotiations returned voluntarily to save others...
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    incite fear in the rest of the community. The most famous king of Veii was Lars Tolumnus whose family was part of the Veientine aristocracy and who instigated...
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  • military aid to regain the throne from the Etruscan king of Clusium, Lars Porsena. Porsena led his army against Rome in 508 BC. The battle went badly for the...
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    war between Rome and Clusium in 508 BC, it is said that the forces of Lars Porsena occupied the Janiculum and laid siege to Rome. During the third century...
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    Tarquinius Superbus Arruns Tarquinius (son of Tarquin the Proud) Lars Porsena Lars Tolumnius Titus Vestricius Spurinna Culture and society Apollo of...
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  • two companions of Horatius, who defended the Pons Sublicius against Lars Porsena in 508 BC. A few years later, Titus Larcius became the first Roman dictator...
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    Porsenna are not mentioned in any Roman sources. The later is a namesake of Lars Porsena, a King of the Etruscan civilization who is believed to have fought against...
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