362 BC, Marcus Curtius, a mythological young Roman sacrificed himself to the gods of Hades. After an earthquake in 362 BC, a huge deep pit suddenly opened in the Roman Forum. Despairing, they consulted an oracle who said the gods demanded the most precious possession of the country. Marcus castigated them and responded that arms and courage of Romans were the most precious possessions of Rome. With his horse and meticulously armed and decorated, he went into the gap. Immediately, the deep pit closed. The Lacus Curtius in the Forum receives its name from him.

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