Clusium
Americannoun
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As Horatius defied the armies of Clusium, British shipbuilders stood on the bridge of their destroyers and refused to surrender them to the Argentine Navy.
From Time Magazine Archive
‘Lars Porsena of Clusium By the nine gods he swore That the great house of Tarquin Should suffer wrong no more.’
From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund
While the Romans reduced S. Etruria to a state of subjection, these Gauls suddenly crossed the Apennines, threatened Clusium, and then marched on Rome.
From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund
We have not, indeed, before heard the name of the Romans, but we believe you to be brave men, seeing that the men of Clusium have sought to you for help.
From Stories From Livy by Pinelli, Bartolomeo
Christianity found its way into Clusium as early as the 3rd century, and the tombstone of a bishop of A.D.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various
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