id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-3144 Horatia gens - Wikipedia .html text/html 1373 209 73 One of its members, Marcus Horatius Pulvillus, was consul suffectus in 509 BC, the first year of the Republic, and again in 507. The most famous of the Horatii was his nephew, Publius Horatius Cocles, who held the Sublician bridge against the army of Lars Porsena circa 508 BC.[1] The Horatii favored the praenomina Publius, Marcus, Lucius, and Gaius. Plutarch supposes that it was derived from the Greek cyclops, because he had lost an eye, or because the shape of his face made it appear as if he had but one eye.[4][5] Cocles is said to have been the nephew of Marcus Horatius Pulvillus, and if he left any issue, they do not seem to have carried on his surname. Publius Horatius, one of the Horatii, three brothers who fought against the three Curiatii in the reign of Tullus Hostilius; and the sole survivor of the combat. Marcus Horatius Pulvillus, consular tribune in 378 BC.[31][32] Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the DGRBM ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-3144.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-3144.txt