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Lays of Ancient Rome

Thomas Babington Macaulay

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Macaulay imagined what the lost ballads of early Rome might have sounded like and wrote four of them: 'Horatius', in which three Romans hold the bridge over…

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Author
Thomas Babington Macaulay
Category
Psychology & Society
Language
English
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Project Gutenberg

About this book

Macaulay imagined what the lost ballads of early Rome might have sounded like and wrote four of them: 'Horatius', in which three Romans hold the bridge over the Tiber against the Etruscan army while it is cut down behind them; 'The Battle of the Lake Regillus', where the twin gods Castor and Pollux fight for Rome; 'Virginia', the story of a father who kills his daughter to save her from a tyrant; and 'The Prophecy of Capys', on the future greatness of Rome.

Context and significance

Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–1859), the historian and politician, published the poems in 1842, and generations of British schoolchildren learned 'Horatius' by heart, with its lines 'And how can man die better / Than facing fearful odds'. Compare Livy's stories of early Rome and Virgil's Aeneid.

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