Etruscis in urbem ponte Sublicio irrumpentibus, Horatius Cocles extremam eius partem occupavit, totumque hostium agmen, donec post tergum suum pons abrumperetur, infatigabili pugna sustinuit, atque, ut patriam periculo imminenti liberatam vidit, armatus se in Tiberim misit.
The Etruscans were breaking into the city by the Pons Sublicius. Horatius Cocles took the end of it and in tireless combat sustained the whole force of the enemy until the bridge was broken off behind his back; and when he saw that his country had been freed from her imminent peril, he threw himself in full armour into the Tiber.
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