See also:

• PORSENA (or PORSENNA), LARS

PORSENA (or PORSENNA), LARS  , See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• CLUSIUM (mod. Chiusi, q.v.)

Clusium in ,See also:

• ETRURIA

Etruria . He is said to have undertaken an expedition against See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to restore the banished Tarquinius Superbus to the See also:

• THRONE

throne . He gained See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of the janiculum, and was prevented from entering Rome only by the bravery of Horatius Cocles (q.v.) . See also:

• PORSENA (or PORSENNA), LARS

Porsena then laid See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege to the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city, but was so struck by the courage of Mucius See also:

• SCAEVOLA

Scaevola that he made See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace on See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition that the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans restored the See also:

• LAND

land they had taken from See also:

• VEII

Veii and gave him twenty hostages . He subsequently returned both the land and the hostages (See also:

• LIVY [Thus L1v1us] (59 B.C.—A.D: 17)

Livy, ii . 9—15; See also:

• DION

Dion . Halic., v . 21—34; See also:

• PLUTARCH
• PLUTARCH (Gr. llXoi rapxos) (c. A.D. 46–120)

Plutarch, Poplicola, p . 16—19) . This See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story is probably an See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to conceal a See also:

• GREAT

great disaster and to soothe the vanity of the Romans by accounts of legendary exploits . According to other authorities, the Romans were obliged to surrender the city, to acknowledge Porsena's supremacy by sending him a See also:

• SCEPTRE

sceptre, a royal robe, and an See also:

• IVORY (Fr. ivoire, Lat. ebur)
• IVORY, SIR JAMES (1765-1842)

ivory See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair, to abandon their territory See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north of the See also:

• TIBER (anc. Tiberis; Ital. Tevere)

Tiber, to give up their arms, and in future to use See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron for agricultural purposes only . It is curious that, in spite of his military success, Porsena made no attempt to restore the Tarquinian See also:

• DYNASTY (Gr. &vvaareta, sovereignty, the position of a hevnori7r, lord, ruler, from SuvaaBay to be able, Suvaµas, power)

dynasty .

Hence it is suggested that the attack on Rome was merely an incident of the See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

march of the Etruscans, driven southward by the invasion of upper See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy by the Celts, through See also:

• LATIUM

Latium on their way to See also:

• CAMPANIA

Campania . This would See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account for its transitory effects, and the speedy recovery of the Romans from the See also:

• BLOW, JOHN (1648-1708)

blow . With the departure of Porsena all traces of See also:

• ETRUSCAN

Etruscan See also:

• SOVEREIGNTY

sovereignty disappear and Rome is soon vigorously engaged in the See also:

• PROSECUTION

prosecution of various See also:

• WARS

wars (see See also:

• TACITUS, CORNELIUS (c. 55-120)
• TACITUS, MARCUS CLAUDIUS

Tacitus, Hist . 72; See also:

• PLINY, THE ELDER
• PLINY, THE YOUNGER

Pliny, Nat . Hist. xxxiv . 39 [141; Dion . See also:

• HALLE (known as HALLE-AN-DER-SAALE, t0 distinguish it from the small town of Halle in Westphalia)
• HALLE, SIR CHARLES (originally KARL HALLE) (1819-1895)

Halle. v . 35, 36, vii . 5) . The See also:

• TOMB (Gr. Tuµ/3a, Tuµ(3os, probably allied to Lat. tumulus, literally a swelling, tumere, to swell)

tomb at See also:

• CHIUSI (anc. Clusium)

Chiusi described by Pliny (Nat . Hist. See also:

• XXXVI

xxxvi . 19) as that of Porsena cannot have been his See also:

• BURIAL

burial-See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place (see CLuslum) .

For a See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical examination of the story, see See also:

• SCHWEGLER, ALBERT (1819-1857)

Schwegler, Romische Geschichte, bk. xxi . 18; See also:

• SIR

Sir G . Cornewall See also:

• LEWIS, HENRY CARVILL
• LEWIS, JOHN FREDERICK (180 1876)
• LEWIS, MATTHEW GREGORY (1775-1818)
• LEWIS, MERIWETHER (1774-1809)
• LEWIS, SIR GEORGE CORNEWALL, BART

Lewis, Credibility of See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

Early See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• HISTORY

History, ch. xii . 5; W . Ihne, Hist. of Rome, vol. i.; E . Pais, Storia di See also:

• ROMA

Roma, i. ch. iv . (1898) . See also:

• MACAULAY, THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY, BARON (1800-1859)

Macaulay's See also:

• LAYS

Lays of See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

Ancient Rome gives a dramatic version of the story .