Horatius Cocles
historical figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
Cocles
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Stoic Paradoxes
Roman hero who defended a bridge alone against an enemy army.
What force held Cocles alone upon the bridge against all the forces of the enemy?
Letters to Lucilius
Legendary Roman hero who single-handedly defended a bridge against an enemy army, then swam to safety.
Horatius Cocles alone filled the narrows of the bridge, and bade his retreat be cut off behind him, provided only the way were taken from the enemy, and he withstood the pressing foe so long until the timbers, torn away in a mighty crash, resounded.