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  Poggio Porsenna Farm Guesthouse - Proceno (Viterbo)
The Agriturismo Farmhouse Poggio Porsenna is located upon a hilly area in Lazio region, in the Northern part of Tuscia, the ancient land of the Etruscans.
Poggio Porsenna is a typical example of the rural Tuscan architecture, recently restructured though it maintains its rustic flavour together with modern conforts.
Poggio Porsenna is the ideal place to spend a holiday intimately in touch with the nature, with a full immersion in an almost unreal silence.
www.poggioporsenna.it /index_en.htm   (154 words)

  
 CRITIQUE :: The Etruscans
Photographs of reconstructions of King Porsenna’s mausoleum reveal a striking resemblance to the temples in Petra, Jordan and to the Lama-Buddhist temple in Peking.
Although the chansons de geste of King Porsenna were always based upon a shred of reality, in that magic and everything-is-possible atmosphere subsequent Etruscan fables continued to magnify the legend of the world’s latest labyrinth.
Porsenna’s people dedicated great attention to their tombs and to sacrifices so that their life after death would be long and happy.
www.critiquemagazine.com /article/etruscans.html   (2704 words)

  
 The Tiber - New York Times
With a number of other girls, Cloelia eluded the guards, swam across the river under a hail of missiles and brought her company safely to Rome, where they were all restored to their families.
The Romans sent her back; Porsenna praised her publicly; friendly relations were restored, and the Romans paid tribute to Cloelia's courage, unprecedented in a woman, by an equally unprecedented honor: her statue on horseback on the Via Sacra.
Porsenna's headquarters was at Clusium (now the town of Chiusi) near the border between Tuscany and Umbria.
query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?sec=travel&res=9B0DE3DE143EF937A35752C0A961948260   (315 words)

  
 The lost tomb of Porsenna - Unexplained Mysteries Discussion Forums
According to Pliny the elder, the king was buried "sub urbe Clusio", under the city of Clusium, in an underground maze of tunnels and passageways.
Amongst the many treasures which accompanied the deceased king in his ethernal rest, was, according to tradition, a gold chariot, upon which the coffin was placed, together with a still more valuable treasure, the sacred "Libri Fulgurales", dealing with magick and the art of evoking storms and lightening.
As a matter of fact, Porsenna is still held as a powerful wizard, the king who burned to the ground the city of Velsinii with lightening, and who killed by the same means a monster called Olt, maybe a huge bore.
www.unexplained-mysteries.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=48440   (723 words)

  
 Poplicola by Plutarch
Poplicola, not so much esteeming Porsenna's enmity dangerous to Rome as his friendship and alliance serviceable, was induced to refer the controversy with Tarquin to his arbitration, and several times undertook to prove Tarquin the worst of men, and justly deprived of his kingdom.
When Porsenna saw the maiden returned, demanding who was the author and adviser of the act, and understanding Cloelia to be the person, he looked on her with a cheerful and benignant countenance, and, commanding one of his horses to be brought, sumptuously adorned, made her a present of it.
Porsenna, thus reconciled to the Romans, gave them a fresh instance of his generosity, and commanded his soldiers to quit the camp merely with their arms, leaving their tents, full of corn and other stores, as a gift to the Romans.
www.4literature.net /Plutarch/Poplicola/5.html   (484 words)

  
 Cheryl Walker, Hostages in Republican Rome - Appendix II.A: The Legend of Cloelia [263-270]
[2] We are told that Porsenna received twenty noble hostages: ten males, including Horatius, son of the consul Horatius, [264] and ten females of marriageable age, including Valeria, daughter of the consul Valerius Poplicola, and Cloelia [3] (Dionysius of Halicarnassus 5.32.3; Silius Italicus Punica 10.492-3; Plutarch Poplicola 18.2 and 19.2; Moralia 250).
Porsenna’s claim to be the arbiter of the quarrel between Rome and the Tarquins.
In Livy (2.13.4) the hostages are a substitute for an Etruscan garrison on the Janiculum.
www.chs.harvard.edu /publications.sec/online_print_books.ssp/cheryl_walker_hostages/walker_app2a_tei.xml   (3040 words)

  
 Cloelia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
To ensure the peace with Rome, Lars Porsenna, the Etruscan king of Clusium, had been given a number of young Romans to hold as hostages.
Porsenna was very angry when he learned of the hostages' escape but after a time came to admire the courage of this young woman.
Rather than consider that the treaty had been broken, he promised that Cloelia would be safe in his camp if she were returned, and he further promised that he would return her unharmed to her parents when his troops were safely out of Roman territory.
www.dl.ket.org /latin1/historia/people/cloelia01.htm   (209 words)

  
 BMS Creative Porsenna DSS / Products / BMS
PORSENNA is a modern decision supporting system (DSS) for portfolio selection, analysis and management.
It has been developed for banks, broker's offices, trust funds, pension funds, capital investments consultants etc. The main function of the system is to minimize the risk taken during investing on capital markets.
Adequate securities are selected according to previously set limitations, whereas their per cent shares are chosen in a way securing the highest return rate of a portfolio at a given risk level.
www.bms.krakow.pl /index.php?/en/produkty/porsenna_dss   (571 words)

  
 ROMA - History and Civilization of the Eternal City   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Porsenna wanted to know who had helped them to escape and Clelia bravely answered that it was her fault.
Porsenna already struck by Roman loyatly, felt great admiration for this girl and set her free allowing her to take some friends with her.
She chose five among the youngest ones and that evening the six girls were carried back to Rome and embraced their mothers.
www.mclink.it /n/citrag/roma/doc/legend/elg_004.htm   (304 words)

  
 Gaius Mucius Scaevola
Lars Porsenna was a persistent man. Frustrated by Horatius Cocles' stand at the bridge over the Tiber, he decided to put Rome under siege and starve her into submission.
He judged that the man distributing the coins was the king, leapt upon the dais, and killed the man. He fled through the crowd but was apprehended.
Mucius responded that he wished to honor the king's kindness by sharing the information with him that there were 300 more Romans sworn to kill the king and that Mucius had just happened to draw the first lot.
www.dl.ket.org /latin1/historia/people/mucius01.htm   (380 words)

  
 Caius Mucius Scaevola
In the third year of the Roman republic (507 according to the Varronian chronology; 505/504 or 504/503 in the common chronology), the Etruscan king Lars Porsenna besieged Rome, hoping to bring back its last king, Tarquin the Proud.
When he is brought before Porsenna, the man shows his contempt for torture and pain by voluntarily placing his right hand in a fire.
Impressed by this steadfastness, Porsenna releases him, and Mucius answers to this gentle act by informing the king that there are no less than 300 men in Rome who have sworn to kill Porsenna.
www.livius.org /mu-mz/mucius/scaevola.html   (531 words)

  
 Outlines of Roman History, Chapter 6
The battle, which had been long in doubt, was decided by the god Sylvanus, whose voice was heard in the forest proclaiming that the Romans had won.
Collecting his army, Porsenna suddenly seized the Janiculum, the hill just across the Tiber, and Rome was saved only by the heroism of Horatius Cocles, who, with two companions, withstood the whole Etruscan army while the wooden bridge was destroyed.
Porsenna was thus prevented from entering the city.
www.forumromanum.org /history/morey06.html   (1530 words)

  
 The State Hermitage Museum: Virtual Tour
Gaius Mucius managed to escape from the besieged city into the camp of the Etruscan king Porsenna, with the intention of killing him.
Caught by the Etruscans, he was to be tortured with fire, but he proclaimed: "He who sees before him magnificent glory puts little value on his body" and thrust his right hand into the flame.
Amazed by the young Roman's bravery, Porsenna set him free and removed the siege.
www.hermitagemuseum.org /html_En/08/hm88_0_1_35_0.html   (259 words)

  
 LA BUCA DI PORSENNA
In the centre of Siena 20 meters from the famous Piazza Del Campo is situated this fabulous restaurant "La Buca di Porsenna".
In this very particular atmosphere, equipped with modern air and dehumidification system, The restaurant "La Buca Di Porsenna presents to you also an evocative menu, based upon the rich antique style of Tuscany, the best of ingredients used and accompanied with professional, friendly, attentive service.
First course includes gnocchi, pici, tagliatelle, tortelli and all pasta is made by hand in the traditional Tuscan way.The accompanying sauces are also genuinely made the traditional Tuscan method, like the meat ragù, duck ragù and the particular tomato based sauces.
www.florence.ala.it /la_buca_di_porsenna   (191 words)

  
 Poggio Porsenna Farmhouse - The Farm
The Guest Farmhouse Poggio Porsenna is located on a hilly area in the Alta Tuscia, in Lazio region, an ancient land former populated by the Etruscans, close to Tuscany and Green Umbria.
Poggio Porsenna is part of a farm with an extension of 180 hectars, growing wheat, corn and green grass pastures.
We raise cattle at the wild state, and it can certainly happen you to see the livestock to the pasture on the valleys that go down toward the river.
www.poggioporsenna.it /azienda_agricola_en.htm   (114 words)

  
 Le Torri di Porsenna Umbria Lago Trasimeno Country house
Named after the legendary Etruscan king Porsenna, whose tomb is said to be somewhere on the estate, the Country House Le Torri di Porsenna stands perched on a hill overlooking the lake of Chiusi, on the border between Umbria and Tuscany.
Originally built as a country house in the early years of the 20th century, the structure has been recently restored to high standards, with harmony and comfort the leitmotif throughout.
The elegantly furnished 14 rooms of the Country House Le Torri di Porsenna are all equipped with air conditioning, satellite television, internet socket, minibar, safe and private bathroom with shower.
www.perugiaonline.com /letorridiporsenna   (207 words)

  
 Poggio Porsenna
The farm takes its name, "Poggio Porsenna", from the 420 metre high hill that it is situated on, which commands 360° panoramic views.
Climbing up on the hill there is an unlimited view of the surrounding countryside with a few recognisable sights close by such as: Mount Amiata, the Radicofani castle, the Mount Rufeno Nature Reserve and the bed of the river Paglia.
Follow the road for another 4 Km until the signs for the "Poggio Porsenna" farm.
www.ware.it /Agritour/Lazio/Viterbo/PoggioPorsenna/eindex.htm   (368 words)

  
 Movietime - Italian Films Distribution
Their king, Porsenna, has been induced to this by the exiled Roman King, Tarquinius.
Having missed his target, he is caught and burns his right hand to punish it for the mistake.
Porsenna wishes to enter into negotiations with the Romans, but Tarquinius kidnaps Clelia, Mutius' bride-to-be, then imprisons Porsenna and his son, Arunte, and engages the Romans in a decisive battle.
www.movie-time.it /show_movie.php?id=81   (121 words)

  
 Ancient, Unit 01- ALRItkwRom101RootMythKing.html
According to the main Roman tradition, the king is impressed by various mythical examples on the part of various Romans, then uses their assistance in a campaign against the Latins.
The campaign against the Latins was led by his son Arruns, and the Latins called upon Aristodemus the tyrant of Cumae, who had defeated the Etruscans in Campania in 524.
One gets the impression that the fall of the monarchy was in some way involved in resistance to an Etruscan attempt to maintain or establish control of Latium, which was their gateway to their settlements in Campania.
www.mmdtkw.org /ALRItkwRom101RootMythKing.html   (717 words)

  
 Chiusi and King Porsenna
For the visit to the Museum of the Cathedral of Chiusi and/or to Labyrinth of Porsenna (with visit to the Bell Tower) you need to arrive the Portico of the Palace Episcopalian where they are situated the respective entries.
Labyrinth of Porsenna is substantially a series of burrows (any in phase of exploration) that they intersect almost all Chiusi old.
The burrows are of Etruscan origin (they exist some of similar to Todi, to Orvieto and to Perugia) and they had dug with the purpose of digest the rain water.
www.moveaboutitaly.com /toscana/chiusi_en.html   (487 words)

  
 Roman Legion: More Roman history
A Roman hero, Mucius Scaevola, having convinced him to leave, proving how determined the Romans were to defeat him, by holding his hand over a naked flame and not removing it until it had burned away.However, the opposite seems really to have been the case.
The allied Latin forces, led by Aristodemus, met at Aricia with an army which Porsenna had sent against them under the command of his son Arruns.The Latins won the battle.
Had the revolt against king Tarquinius and Porsenna been led entirely by the Roman nobility, then it was essentially only the Roman aristocrats (the patricii), who held any power.
legionnaries.blogspot.com /2005/12/more-roman-history.html   (2671 words)

  
 Roman Civilization - Week 3, Monday Lecture
medieval illumination of Mucius Scaevola and Lars Porsenna
Livy on Lars Porsenna and Horatius Cocles, II.
Livy on Lars Porsenna and Mucius Scaevola, II.
abacus.bates.edu /~mimber/Rciv04/lectures/3.mon.lec.html   (248 words)

  
 Mucius Scaevola Thrusting His Right Hand into the Flames before Lars Porsenna (Getty Museum)
The ancient Roman hero Mucius Scaevola thrusts his hand into the open flames and holds it there as the man he tried to assassinate stands over him, observing along with two guards.
Christoph Bocksdorfer showed the dramatic climax of an ancient tale: the Etruscan ruler Lars Porsenna condemned Scaevola to be burned at the stake for attempting to murder him while he besieged the city of Rome.
Bocksdorfer crammed this design with fanciful details, all intended as a model for a stained-glass window, one of a series on Roman heroes and heroines.
www.getty.edu /art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails?artobj=239   (253 words)

  
 The History of Etruria
The Romans themselves had been disarmed by Lars Porsenna's forces following his occupation of the city, These defeats severely weakened Etruscan control over land and sea routes.
The writings of Livy and Diodorus Siculus reflect an alternative history with Rome bravely resisting Lars Porsenna (Mucius Scaevola, Horatius Cocles, etc).
The 5th Century was a dark time for the Etruscan states.
www.mysteriousetruscans.com /history4.html   (932 words)

  
 Cavallino, Bernardo Encyclopaedia Gnomiz
Gaius Mucius, a Roman youth, vowed to assassinate the Etruscan King Porsenna but mistakenly killed the king's treasurer, who was distributing wages to the soldiers.
Brought before Porsenna, Gaius announced that he was but one of many youths sworn to slay him.
To prove the Romans' resolve to resist the invading Porsenna, he held his hand in the fire without flinching until it burned away.
www.gnomiz.it /nexus/arte00/caval.htm   (607 words)

  
 The Early Republic
Legend tells us of the hero Horatius fending off the Etruscan hordes at the Tiber bridge which he asked to be destroyed behind him as he fought.
A Roman hero, Mucius Scaevola, having convinced him to leave, proving how determined the Romans were to defeat him, by holding his hand over a naked flame and not removing it until it had burned away.
The allied Latin forces, led by Aristodemus, met at Aricia with an army which Porsenna had sent against them under the command of his son Arruns.
www.roman-empire.net /republic/earlyrepublic.html   (13882 words)

  
 Rome, Rome Established As A Republic, Part Two   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Porsenna was at this time acknowledged as chief of the twelve Etruscan
King Porsenna was greatly moved by the danger he had escaped, and
Porsenna and his Etruscan friends, he went and dwelt at Tusculum, where
www.history-world.org /rome_established_as_a_republic1.htm   (4795 words)

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