Horatius At the Bridge Part 1 - Thomas Babbington Macaulay

The first part of the poem Horatius At the Bridge, by Thomas Babbington Macaulay. The poem describes a legend of Rome. The Etruscan city-states, led by Lars Porsena, attacked Rome. This was because of the last king of Rome, whose name was Tarquin Superbus, which mean Tarquin the Proud. Tarquin, who was a Etruscan, had a son named Sextus. Sextus had raped a Roman lady of a noble family. Lars Porsena was supposed to put Tarquin back on his throne. It finally came down to the defence of one last bridge in front of the walls of Rome. And there our story begins...