I drew the first lot." Porsenna was so shaken by this that he sent envoys to Rome to propose peace. Some believe that Brutus and Collatinus (the widowed husband of Lucretia). Then Muscius pretended to return the favor and "revealed" to him the plot which was: "300 noble youth of Rome have sworn an oath to take this same path against you. The history of Lucius Junius Brutus, and all other early historical Roman. Basically, the king said "since you have dared to hurt yourself more than me, you may leave." He released him, free, unharmed and untouched. He then thrust his right hand into a fire, as if he had no feeling and at that point, the king let him go. The king, terrified of this, threatened to have Muscius burned alive unless he revealed the plot to him. He basically told the king that he needs to be continually watching for someone to kill him because the Roman youths who declared war on the king and that one by one they were going to try to kill him. The king's guards seized him and instead of becoming fearful in front of the king, he threatened the king some more saying that he was one of many Roman citizens who had intended to kill the king and that he was not afraid to die. Muscius did not know which one was the king so he plunged his sword into one of them but instead of the king, it was the secretary. He stood in the packed crowd next to the king's tribunal and there in front of him was the king and the king's secretary. When the javelins stuck on HOratius' raised shield, the bridge began to collapse, distracted the Etruscan nobles and that was when Horatius, along with his weapons, jumped into the Tiber and swam safely to his friends. Shown on the industry showcase evening for the Sideways Looks Media Festival 2010.© 2010 - Co. They all started to attack and ast their javelins at their solitary enemy. The trailer for the short film 'Brutus and Collatinus' (2010). Horatius then challenged the Etruscan nobles one by one to combat.
After he and the two men survived the first storm of danger he forced them to seek safety with those who were destroying the bridge. Two men stayed with him, Spurius Larcius and Titus Herminius. he then challenged the incoming forces into a hand to hand combat. He then convinced the other Romans, that as they were fleeing by running across the bridghe, to destroy the bridge. By kinship he was a Tarquin on his mother's side, the son of Tarquinia, daughter of Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, the third king before last. Brutus happened to be a politically motivated participant. Many of the Romans started to flee but Horatius stayed at his post. This lesson is part of a scheme of lessons I created to try and fill a gap in the OCR Ancient History GCSE available resources. In this version, Collatinus and Brutus were encountered returning to Rome unaware of the incident, were briefed, and were brought to the death scene. Horatius and other Roman soldiers were guarding Rome's one vulnerable point, the Pons Sublicius, when the Etruscans suddenly attacked. Horatius Codes (One-eyed Horatius) stood out a hero in this battle.