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       The power of this brave girl shone brightly when she was crowned a slave. Porsenna was thrilled, he showered Clodia with many compliments, and granted freedom to her and her companions. To mark the grandeur of his gesture, he gifted her a warhorse, a reward normally reserved for valiant warriors who distinguished themselves. He intended to suggest that her action surpassed that of their fathers. Finally, he allowed Clodia to choose from the other hostages those she wished to free. She picked all the young children, as they were the most vulnerable. In this way, she returned to Rome amid joy and splendour of victory. She received the same honours when she left. This time, the Roman stiffness gave way to the sentiments of nature and reason. A statue was erected in her honour in a public place to immortalise the strength and audacity of Clodia and the generosity of Porsenna.

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        Clodia is a heroine from the early days of the Roman Republic, who marked the war against Porsenna with a feat in 507 BC. This cunning woman is captured, but manages to escape the first time by crossing the Tiber, before being reclaimed by Porsenna and surviving an ambush on her second capture. However, the Etruscan king, taken with admiration for her feat, dismisses her and allows her to bring along the hostages of her choosing. She chooses the children, and the women, to spare them immodesty. 

       The Tiber is an Italian river that flows into the Tyrrhenian Sea.

       Porsenna is an Etruscan leader allied with the Tarquins who temporarily takes control of Rome at the end of the 6th century BC following the Tarquins' flight. He is generally not considered a Roman king, as he made a peace agreement with Rome, later distancing himself from the Tarquins.

      The Etruscans are a people who live in the centre of the Italian peninsula.

      The Tarquins are an Etruscan dynasty that dominates Rome before the Republic. They flee Rome after the affair of Lucretia that causes a revolt. 

      Lucretia is the wife of Tarquin Collatinus, a powerful man and a close associate of King Tarquin. After being raped by Sextus Tarquin, the king's son, the young woman takes her own life. This engenders a revolt and ushers in the first Roman Republic.

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