Horace Codes Anonymous, after Hendrick Goltzius, 1645 - 1706 print The hero Horace Cocles, a sword lifted in the right hand, a shield in the left hand. In the background you can see how he takes on the banks of the Tiber on his own against an entire army. Twice two verses in Latin under the performance. Amsterdam paper engraving Horatius Cocles at the Pons Sublicius: single-handed he keeps the Etruscans at bay while the bridge is broken down by the Romans behind him; he escapes by jumping into the Tiber

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