Lars Porsena
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Lars Porsena was an Etruscan king known for his war against the city of Rome. He ruled over the city of Clusium. There are no established dates for his rule, but Roman sources often place the war at a
Lars Porsena from the Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum.
Mucius Scaevola before Lars Porsenna (1620s) by Rubens and van Dyck.
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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.
Lars Porsena
…dynasty. Accounts of the war include a number of matters directly concerning Porsena. One story tells that, during his siege of Rome, a Roman youth named Gaius Mucius sneaked into the Etruscan camp with the approval of the Senate, intent on assassinating Porsena. He was captured after killing Porsena's richly-dressed…
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