Mucia gens
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The gens Mucia was an ancient and noble plebeian house at ancient Rome. Members of this gens appear during the earliest period of the Republic, but the family only attained prominence from the time of
Gaius Mucius Scaevola in the Presence of Lars Porsena (early 1640s), oil painting by Matthias Stom (Art Gallery of New South Wales)
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.
Mucia gens
…period of the Republic, but the family only attained prominence from the time of the Second Punic War. The first of the Mucii to appear in history is Gaius Mucius Scaevola, a young man at the inception of the Roman Republic. According to legend, he volunteered to infiltrate the camp of Lars Porsena, the king of Clusium…
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