Muzio Scevola
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 led in front of Porsenna; he bravely put his right hand on a brazier saying:- I was going to kill you for the freedom of Rome. My hand made a mistake and now I punish it. But remember King! There are another three hundred young Romans ready to kill you!-
Porsenna astonished by his courage, accepted the peace and raised the siege.
Caio Marzio was called Scevola, which means left-handed and considered as a hero by the Romans.
