Horatius

(Horatius Cocles)

535–509 BC

Hero who held the Sublican Bridge against Porsena's entire army.

Other Resources


Story Links
Book Links
Horatius at the Bridge  in  Fifty Famous Stories Retold  by  James Baldwin
Lars Porsenna  in  Stories From Livy  by  Alfred J. Church
Life and Death Struggle  in  Stories from Ancient Rome  by  Alfred J. Church
Of Horatius  in  Stories from Roman History  by  Lena Dalkeith
Defense of the Bridge  in  The Story of the Romans  by  H. A. Guerber
Horatius  in  Famous Men of Rome  by  John H. Haaren & A. B. Poland
Horatius Cocles, or the One-Eyed  in  The Story of Rome  by  Mary Macgregor
How Brave Horatius Kept the Bridge  in  Historical Tales: Roman  by  Charles Morris
How Horatius Kept the Bridge  in  On the Shores of the Great Sea  by  M. B. Synge


Image Links


Horatius on the bridge
 in Stories From Livy

Horatius held his place till the structure had actually fallen
 in Stories from Ancient Rome

Horatius keeps the bridge
 in Stories from Roman History

Horatius at the bridge
 in The Story of the Romans

Horatius Keeping the Bridge
 in Historical Tales: Roman