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Wars of Independence - Coggle Diagram
Wars of Independence
Lars Porsena
superbus approached lars porsena, king of clusium, for help
porsena demanded rome reinstate superbus as king, rome refused so clusium declared war
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to avoid a massacre, three men volunteered to defend the bridge into the city
one of these men was horatius cocles - distantly related to the surviving roman trilet who defeated the three albans
horatius fought and allowed the roman army to retreat, the last soldier to cross the river destroyed the bridge, leaving horatius to swim across. Polybius says he drowned
the defeat of the romans was decisive, and many plebeians desperately fled the city
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he killed porsena's secretary instead by mistake, and then told porsena that he was the first of 300 men who would try to kill them
porsena reconsidered and offered rome a compromise - end war if rome guaranteed Veii's independence and return hostages to Clusium
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Valerius
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he also gave the plebeians a right to appeal against any magistrate who was unfairly prosecuting them
thus, he was known as Publicola or 'friend of the people'
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the two consuls also made sure the plebeians' animals were moved into the mountains to keep them safe during war
the end
to deal with unrest, the senate decided to create a dictator and a master of the horse
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the second dictator was postumius and he dealt with a threat from the latin league at the battle of Lake Regilius
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Superbus
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before his exile, he was the latin league's most powerful member, and they helped him now
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