Lars Porsena (redirect from Porsenna)
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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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...
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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...
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Mucius Scaevola before Lars Porsenna is a c. 1618-1620 painting by Rubens and his pupil Antony van Dyck. It was painted for the Spanish royal court and...
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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...
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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")...
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Roman cistern dating from the 1st century BC. The so-called "Labyrinth of Porsenna", a series of tunnels under the town, built in the 6th-5th century BC and...
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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...
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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...
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Mucius Scaevola in the Presence of Lars Porsenna by Matthias Stom, (early 1640s), Art Gallery of New South Wales...
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territory. The warrior Scaevola is captured trying to assassinate king Porsenna, and threatened with torture unless he gives them strategic information...
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expelled from it, at first looked for intervention from the Etruscans. Lars Porsenna of Clusium, dissatisfied with Superbus' conduct and ethics, made peace...
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Elder's St John the Baptist Preaching, Rubens's Mucius Scaevola Before Porsenna, Murillo's The Christ Child Distributing Bread to Pilgrims, Maarten van...
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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...
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Mucius Scaevola in the Presence of Lars Porsenna (early 1640s) by Matthias Stom...
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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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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...
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Bragaglia and Vittorio Cottafavi), including characters of Etruscan king Porsenna and Mucius Scaevola Hero of Rome 1964 with Gordon Scott as Gaius Mucius...
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1618) Tigress with Her Cubs (attributed; 1618) Mucius Scaevola before Lars Porsenna (c. 1618–1620) Feast in the House of Simon the Pharisee (1618–1620) The...
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Empress Elizabeth Christina. On 19 November of the same year, Lotti's opera Porsenna was performed at the Teatro S Bartolomeo in a version "adapted and directed"...
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1618) Tigress with Her Cubs (attributed; 1618) Mucius Scaevola before Lars Porsenna (c. 1618–1620) Feast in the House of Simon the Pharisee (1618–1620) The...
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Lara's "bitterness at the cruelty of her treatment". See Lars Porsenna: "When Porsenna, Lars (lord) of Clusium, in Etruria, had reached with his army...
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(1923–2008), French actress Sanda Movilă (born Maria Ionescu), novelist N. Porsenna (born Nicu Porsena Ionescu), writer and politician Urmuz (born Dimitrie...
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the Prix de Rome for sculpture with a bas-relief Mucius Scævola devant Porsenna. He was buried in the Père Lachaise Cemetery (49th division), near his...
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1618) Tigress with Her Cubs (attributed; 1618) Mucius Scaevola before Lars Porsenna (c. 1618–1620) Feast in the House of Simon the Pharisee (1618–1620) The...
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gain access to Porsenna's camp, but instead of killing Porsenna he had struck down a courtier who had insulted Rome. He told Porsenna that he was one...
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Mucius Scaevola before Lars Porsenna, by Rubens and van Dyck (c.1618–1620 )...
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Roman monarchy. The original Covent Garden cast included Thomas Walker as Porsenna and Jane Rogers as Valeria. The prologue was written by Aaron Hill. It...
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Horatius Cocles, a warrior who defended Rome against the intervention of Lars Porsenna and the ousted last king of Rome, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus. The scene...
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Siege of Rome Belligerents Roman Republic Clusium Commanders and leaders Publius Valerius Publicola Titus Lucretius Tricipitinus Lars Porsenna...
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