Horatius at the bridge
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Complete Sat, Feb 4, 201717m
How did brave Publius Horatius Cocles defend the bridge to ancient Pons piblicius from the invading army of Lars persona, King of Clusium?
This heart warming narrative poem by Thomas Babington, Lord Macaulay says it all.
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