Chapter 60: The Republic of Rome (second half) Flashcards

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Horatius

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he was the only soldier who took up his position at the western edge of the Janiculum bridge, while all the other soldiers ran away when Lars Porsena attacked

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Janiculum

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it is a wooden bridge that stretched from the eastern lands outside the city that stretched into the heart of Rome.

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Lars Porsena

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he was the king of the Etruscan city of Clusium.

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Stonehenge

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they are huge rings of standing stones put in specific places for a purpose which had something to do with the sky. Construction probably began around 3100 BC and continued over the next two thousand years.

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