Gaius Mucius Scaevola
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Gaius Mucius Cordus, better known with his later cognomen Scaevola, was an ancient Roman youth, possibly mythical, famous for his bravery.
Mucius Scævola by Louis-Pierre Deseine, 1791, Louvre Museum
Mucius Scaevola in the Presence of Lars Porsenna by Matthias Stom, (early 1640s), Art Gallery of New South Wales
Mucius Scaevola before Lars Porsenna by Peter Paul Rubens, Pushkin Museum
Civis Romanus sum
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The Latin phrase cīvis Rōmānus sum is a phrase used in Cicero's In Verrem as a plea for the legal rights of a Roman citizen. When travelling across the Roman Empire, safety was said to be guaranteed t
Gaius Mucius Scaevola
…troops. This caused Mucius to misidentify his target, and he killed Porsena's scribe by mistake. After being captured, he famously declared to Porsena: "I am a Roman citizen, men call me Gaius Mucius. I came here as an enemy to kill my enemy, and I am as ready to die as I am to kill. We Romans act bravely and, when adversity…
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