HORATIUS AT THE BRIDGE and THE BRAVE THREE HUNDRED and CROSSING THE RUBICON

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales

Jon Hagadorn

Fiction, Arts

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🗓️ 5 March 2023

⏱️ 18 minutes

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0:00.0	And the Yeah, Welcome back everyone to 1001 classic short stories and tales. This is your host, John Hagadorn. I have three great
0:36.7	James Baldwin stories for you today. All three are stories of courage. The first is called Horatius at the bridge. The second is called
0:46.6	the Brave 300 and the third crossing the Rubicon. We hope you enjoy it. And now Horatio at the bridge, retold by James Baldwin.
0:59.4	The events surrounding the legend of Horatius are said to have taken place at the end of the 6th century BC during Rome's struggle against the Etruscan's.
1:09.0	The English poet and historian Thomas Macaulay retold the story in his lays of ancient Rome
1:16.2	from which these verses are taken.
1:20.4	Once there was a war between the Roman people and the Etruscan's who lived in the towns on the other side of the Tyber River.
1:27.0	Portia, the king of the Etrusans, raised a great army and marched toward Rome. The city had never been in so great danger.
1:37.0	The Romans did not have very many fighting men at that time,
1:40.0	and they knew that they were not strong enough to meet the Etruscans in open battle.
1:44.0	So they kept themselves inside of their walls and set guards to watch the roads.
1:50.0	One morning the Army of Porsina was seen coming over the hills from the north.
1:55.0	There were thousands of horsemen and footmen and they were marching straight toward the wooden bridge which spanned the river at Rome.
2:02.0	What shall we do? said the White. which spanned the river at Rome.
2:08.0	What shall we do? said the white-haired fathers who made the laws for the Roman people. If they gain the bridge, we cannot hinder them from crossing.
2:11.0	And then what hope will they be for the town?
2:15.0	Now among the guards at the bridge, there was a brave man named Horatius.
2:19.8	He was on the farther side of the river, and when he saw that the Etruscans were so near he called out to the Romans who were behind him.
2:26.8	The verses go like this. Then outspake brave Horatius, the captain of the gate,
2:37.6	to every man upon this earth, death cometh soon or late. And how can man die better than facing fearful odds for the ashes of his fathers and the temple of his gods.
2:45.0	Hew down the bridge with all the speed that you can, he cried,
2:49.0	I, with the two men who stand by me will keep the foe at bay.
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