Roman Etruscan wars

Question 1

Silvia arsia

Answer 1

• consuls: Valerius publicola & Lucius Brutus
  509 or 508 Bc
• brutus and arruns ( superbus son) killed each other

Question 2

Lars porsena

Answer 2

• king of clusium
• demanded rome to restore superbus as king
• quickly took control of janiculum
  rome positioned army in front of bridge crossing the tiber into rome
• To avoid a massacre, three men volunteered to defend the bridge: horatius cocles.
• fought bravely allowing the roman army to retreat
• last roman soldier to cross the bridge destroyed it, leaving horatius to swim across the tiber
• livy says he got speared in the buttocks, whilst polybius says he drowned

Question 3

Gaius Mucius

Answer 3

• planned to assassinate porsena
• successfully entered his tent but murdered his secretary
• arrested and brought before porsena
• mucius told porsena that he was the first of 300 men to attempt assassination, which convinced porsena to to end the war, given rome guaranteed veiis independence and provided hostages for clusium

Question 4

cloelia

Answer 4

• escaped from captivity by leading other hostages to safety by swimming the tiber under heavy enemy fire
• despite her threatening the peace agreement, porsena allowed cloelia her freedom and a select number of other hostages
• her decision to rescue children earned her recognition with a statue on the sacred way
• lars porsena kept his treat and rome was able to regain control over its neighbours including the sabines in 499Bc

Question 5

lake regilius

Answer 5

• superbus and son heavily injured
• consequence of battle: rome rejoined the latin league, signing a peace treaty with them

ENDED THE WARS OF INDEPENDENCE AND THREAT FROM RHE ETRUSCAN KINGS

Question 6

order of events

Answer 6

• envoys
• creation of republic
• silvia arsia
  lars porsena
  lake regilius