CLASS 20B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Lars Porsena, First Secession, Clusium
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The legendary republic & the conflict of the orders . Oracle of delphi: the first to kiss your mother would rule in rome. Stumbles & kisses the earth on accident (the earth is the mother) Brutus"s oath: to drive out tarquins & never allow a king to rule in rome again. King tarquin flees, eventually dies in exile. Lucius junius brutus, founder of the republic. Oath of the people: never to allow a king to rule in rome . The conflict of the orders & politics of division (first secession & coriolanus) Sons join conspiracy to readmit tarquin to rome. Lars porsenna, etruscan king of clusium (tarquin) Stands firm at the bridge as the etruscans come pouring over the. Gives word to cut down the bridge & let him fall with the etruscans. Falls into the tiber river & prays to the tiber god as he falls in & gets saved.
