Spurius Larcius[1][2] (surnamed Flavus or Rufus; fl. c. 509–482 BC) was one of the leading men of the early Roman Republic, of which he was twice consul. However, his greatest fame was won as one of the defenders of the Sublician bridge against the army of Lars Porsena, the King of Clusium.[3]
^Broughton I, pp. 6, 9, 10 (and note 1)
^Ogilvie, p. 259
^Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. II, p. 175 ("Flavus, Lartius", No. 1).
SpuriusLarcius (surnamed Flavus or Rufus; fl. c. 509–482 BC) was one of the leading men of the early Roman Republic, of which he was twice consul. However...
nomen is derived from the Etruscan praenomen Lars. Titus' brother, SpuriusLarcius, was one of the heroes of the Republic, who defended the wooden bridge...
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poem, Horatius, describes how Publius Horatius and two companions, SpuriusLarcius and Titus Herminius, hold the Sublician bridge, the only span crossing...
on the bridge to fend off the Etruscans: Publius Horatius Cocles, SpuriusLarcius, and Herminius. Niebuhr suggests a symbolic importance to these three...
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Romans initially fell back. However, Horatius, with the assistance of SpuriusLarcius and Titus Herminius Aquilinus, sought to buy time and halt the attack...
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consul in the first year of the Republic in 509 BC, elected to replace Spurius Lucretius Tricipitinus who died in office. His colleague was Publius Valerius...
consulship was Spurius Lucretius Tricipitinus in 509 BC, the first year of the Republic. The patrician Lucretii favored the praenomina Titus, Spurius, Lucius...
489 BC) Preceded by Quintus Sulpicius Camerinus Cornutus, SpuriusLarcius Succeeded by Spurius Nautius Rutilus, Sextus Furius Medullinus (consul 488 BC)...
Aricia happened around the fourth year of the Roman Republic, when SpuriusLarcius and Titus Herminius were consuls. The precise year of the battle varies...
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of the early Roman Republic. In 501 BC, Cominius was consul with Titus Larcius, who Livy says was appointed as the first dictator of Rome. Other sources...
Publius Minucius Augurinus Roman consul II 491 BC with Aulus Sempronius Atratinus II Succeeded by Quintus Sulpicius Camerinus Cornutus SpuriusLarcius...
also given as Manius Valerius, but Livy rejects this in favor of Titus Larcius Flavus on the basis of the law that only consulars could be named dictator;...
preferred an Indo-European etymology for the Latin word. spurious From Latin spurius "born out of wedlock, illegitimate" from Etruscan spur-al "of the city"...
publicly near the Circus Maximus in 486 BC for conspiring with the consul Spurius Cassius Vecellinus. Cicero (23 February 2006). On Government. Penguin Books...
had betrayed him. Her grieving husband, together with his father-in-law, Spurius Lucretius Tricipitinus, and his companions, Lucius Junius Brutus and Publius...
the Circus Maximus in 486 BC, possibly for conspiring with the consul Spurius Cassius Vecellinus. Broughton suggests from the reading of Valerius Maximus...
legitimus), p. 473, and spurius, p. 714. Buckland 1908, p. 77. Berger, s.v. filius iustus (= filius legitimus), p. 473, and spurius, p. 714, in Encyclopedic...
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