The mother Of Coriolanus persuading him to spare Rome. 5th century BC

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Illustration from A Brief story of the World by HB Niver. Date of publication not known but the final entry in the book is for world war 1, and the book is quoted as a resource in An English syllabus by E E Reynolds which was published in 1931 so most likely published in the 1920's. The mother Of Coriolanus persuading him to spare Rome. According to the text he is supposed to have said Thou hast saved Rome my Mother, but thou hast ruined thy son before being killed by a mob of Volscians. Info from wiki: Gaius Marcius (Caius Martius) Coriolanus (/ˌkɒriəˈleɪnəs/) was a Roman general who is said to have lived in the 5th century BC. He received his toponymic cognomen "Coriolanus" because of his exceptional valor in a Roman siege of the Volscian city of Corioli. He was subsequently exiled from Rome, and led troops of Rome's enemy the Volsci to besiege Rome.

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