The self-sacrifice of Marcus Curtius; M. Curzio Si Precipita Nella Voragine by l'Amor della Patria; History of the Roman Empire; Frontespizio della Iistantia Romana. Marcus Curtius armed on horseback. He is about to jump into the earth in a tear. The legend goes that the gap could only be poem by sacrificing "the most precious property". Marcus Curtius considered the courage and power of the Roman soldiers as the most precious, he sacrifices and pours into the burning gap.

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