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  • It happened that there were in the army of the Romans three brothers known as the Horatii, of the same age as three others in the Alban army called the Curiatii, and it was agreed that these six should fight in the place of the two armies.

    The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic Arthur Gilman

  • That they were called Horatii and Curiatii is certain enough; nor is there any circumstance of antiquity more celebrated; yet in a matter so well ascertained, a doubt remains concerning their names, to which nation the Horatii and to which the Curiatii belonged.

    The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 Titus Livius

  • It is generally agreed that they were called Horatii and Curiatii.

    The History of Rome, Vol. I 1905

  • A sister of the Horatii was the affianced bride of one of the Curiatii, and as she saw her victorious brother enter the city, bearing on his shoulders the military cloak which she had wrought for her lover with her own hands, she broke into wild invectives, tearing her hair, and upbraiding her brother with bitter words.

    Historic Tales, Volume 11 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Charles Morris 1877

  • The second time, it was David's "Oath of the Horatii." (sp.)

    Day in the Life of an Idiot lyda222 2009

  • According to his jury citation he is a "history painter"; the name of David, the great artist of the Oath of the Horatii, was invoked.

    Steve Bell: a grotesque eye on history 2010

  • In the walls of Uruk, the buttresses of will, of religious and military authority, we see the clean lines of David's "Oath of the Horatii", the aesthetic of Neo-Classicism, Rationalism in paint.

    The Eternal Moment of Modernity Hal Duncan 2007

  • In the walls of Uruk, the buttresses of will, of religious and military authority, we see the clean lines of David's "Oath of the Horatii", the aesthetic of Neo-Classicism, Rationalism in paint.

    Archive 2007-03-01 Hal Duncan 2007

  • He will be enthusiastically moved with this verse in the Horatii:

    A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

  • There is no contradiction in being enraptured by the delicious scenes of the Horatii and Curiatii, of the Cid, of Augustus and of

    A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

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