Horace Cocles defends himself on the bridge, Pieter Tanjé, after Gerard de Lairesse, after Nicolaas Verkolje, 1716 - 1761 print Horace Coclus prevented Rome from being conquered by Etruscan troops, by wharling the attackers on a wooden bridge over the Tiber. Behind him, Roman soldiers break down the bridge. Presentation in the council chamber of the Court of Justice of Holland, Zeeland and West-Friesland in the Binnenhof in The Hague. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving Horatius Cocles at the Pons Sublicius: single-handed he keeps the Etruscans at bay while the bridge is broken down by the Rom
Horace Cocles defends himself on the bridge, Pieter Tanjé, after Gerard de Lairesse, after Nicolaas Verkolje, 1716 - 1761 print Horace Coclus prevented Rome from being conquered by Etruscan troops, by wharling the attackers on a wooden bridge over the Tiber. Behind him, Roman soldiers break down the bridge. Presentation in the council chamber of the Court of Justice of Holland, Zeeland and West-Friesland in the Binnenhof in The Hague. Amsterdam paper etching / 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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