After having been defeated by Orazio Coclite, Porsenna did not surrender and besieged Rome for such a long time that its end was near.
One night a young Roman, Caio Marzio, desguised as an Etruscan soldier, entered the enemy camp to kill the king.
He entered one wrong tent and killed his officer. He was arrested and [...]
It was already daybreak, when nine girls, hostages of Porsenna reached the Tiber.
They had walked all night long to move away from the enemy camp, and now they were finally near Rome. On the other side of the road, they saw some lights, perhaps the torches of the Roman sentries. The only bridge on the [...]
The Gauls had besieged the town. The defenders soon suffered from hunger. Many times, looking at the geese which lived in the temple of Juno, they thought to relieve the pains of hunger by killing them. But they were sacred to Juno and it would have been a sacrilege.
One night a valiant soldier, Marco Manlio, [...]
The Carthaginians who wanted to rapidly end the war, thought to send Regolo back to Rome to propose a peace treaty .
The terms were clear: he should come back to Carthage if he had not obtained the desidered peace.
Once arrived in Rome, Attilio Regolo urged the Senate to continue the war because he was sure [...]
It was the 27 October 312 d.C. evening. The Tiber flowed against the colomns of the Ponte Milvio, dividing the camps of the two enemy emperors.
In one of the camps, Massenzio, big and wild, controlled the army (that the day after would have to fighthe decisive battle) and spured them on to violence and braveness.
In [...]
To enter Rome it was necessary to cross the river passing on the only bridge the Romans had built: Ponte Sublicio. The soldiers of Porsenna were going to cross it, when among the Romans a young man shouted:- Cut the bridge!-.
It was Orazio Coclite. He advanced alone on the bridge facing the Etruscans with incredible [...]
While Tullio Ostilio ruled, the war between Rome and Albalonga began. However there was no fighting.
As a matter of fact, to avoid great bloodshed, it was decided that three champions from Alba would have to fight against three champions from Rome. The Romans choosed the three Horatian brothers, the Albans the three Curiatian brothers.
They fought [...]
Many writers have told the story of the twins. Gustavo Brigante Colonna, made a beautiful tale of it. In fact he tells that near the Tiber banks, an old shepherd and his wife, Faustolo e Laurenzia, lived in a poor shed.
One evening atired Faustolo was sitting near the shed door and Laurenzia was preparing a [...]
After the foundation of the town, the problem was to people it. Romulus gathered the local shepherds but there were no women. What could he do?
He thought to organize a feast, and invited the Sabines with their wives and daughters.
During the feast, at a given sign, the young Romans kidnapped the women and put to [...]
About three thousand years ago, ships, that had been sailing for a long time searching a landing place, sighted a land.The men on those ships were the only survivors of a terrible fire that after a long war had destroyed their town.
They were sad and tired, they had been wondering for years longing for rest [...]
