Porsena

The penultimate syllable of the name Porsena has been shortened in spite of the authority of Niebuhr, who pronounces, without assigning any ground for his opinion, that Martial was guilty of

Lays of Ancient Rome Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829

He may have been safe enough in asserting that Lars Porsena of Clusium swore by the nine gods that the great house of Tarquin should suffer wrong no more.

David McKie is like this is a better way of writing reported speech 2008

He may have been safe enough in asserting that Lars Porsena of Clusium swore by the nine gods that the great house of Tarquin should suffer wrong no more.

Archive 2008-08-01 2008

News flash for Joe Lowery and Lars Porsena: if it weren't for a whole lot of white already embracing what is right the black would still be in back, the brown would still be beaten down, the yellow would still be mellow working on the rails and the only good red would be dead.

Yo-Yo Ma and Itzhak Perlman faked it. Ann Althouse 2009

‘Lars Porsena of Clusium, by the nine gods he swore’—wretched stuff.

At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002

‘Lars Porsena of Clusium, by the nine gods he swore’—wretched stuff.

At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002

By this time the Tarquins had fled to Lars [75] Porsena, king of

The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 Titus Livius

Porsena being repulsed in his first attempt, having changed his plans from a siege to a blockade, after he had placed a garrison in

The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 Titus Livius

Peace being concluded on these terms, Porsena drew his troops out of the Janiculum, and marched out of the Roman territories.

The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 Titus Livius

Porsena, thinking that it would be an honour to the Tuscans both that there should be a king at

The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 Titus Livius