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See also: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 in ,See also:Etruria. He is said to have undertaken an expedition against See also: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. He gained See also:possession of the janiculum, and was prevented from entering Rome only by the bravery of Horatius Cocles (q.v.). Porsena then laid See also:siege to the See also:city, but was so struck by the courage of Mucius See also:Scaevola that he made See also:peace on See also:condition that the See also:Romans restored the See also:land they had taken from See also:Veii and gave him twenty hostages. He subsequently returned both the land and the hostages (See also:Livy, ii. 9—15; See also:Dion. Halic., v. 21—34; See also:Plutarch, Poplicola, p. 16—19). This See also:story is probably an See also:attempt to conceal a See also: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, a royal robe, and an See also:ivory See also:chair, to abandon their territory See also:north of the See also:Tiber, to give up their arms, and in future to use See also: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. Hence it is suggested that the attack on Rome was merely an incident of the See also:march of the Etruscans, driven southward by the invasion of upper See also:Italy by the Celts, through See also:Latium on their way to See also:Campania. This would See also:account for its transitory effects, and the speedy recovery of the Romans from the See also:blow. With the departure of Porsena all traces of See also:Etruscan See also:sovereignty disappear and Rome is soon vigorously engaged in the See also:prosecution of various See also:wars (see See also:Tacitus, Hist. 72; See also:Pliny, Nat. Hist. xxxiv. 39 [141; Dion. See also:Halle. v. 35, 36, vii. 5). The See also:tomb at See also:Chiusi described by Pliny (Nat. Hist. See also:xxxvi. 19) as that of Porsena cannot have been his See also:burial-See also:place (see CLuslum).
For a See also:critical examination of the story, see See also:Schwegler, Romische Geschichte, bk. xxi. 18; See also:Sir G. Cornewall See also:Lewis, Credibility of See also:Early See also:Roman See also:History, ch. xii. 5; W. Ihne, Hist. of Rome, vol. i.; E. Pais, Storia di See also:Roma, i. ch. iv. (1898). See also:Macaulay's See also:Lays of See also:Ancient Rome gives a dramatic version of the story.
End of Article: PORSENA (or PORSENNA), LARS
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