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Cloelia (Cloelia)

Cloelia was a hostage who led a group of girls in a swim across the Tiber to Rome. The Romans honored her with an equestrian statue.

Grades 5–8. History.

How it connects

She belongs with Horatius and Mucius in the war against Porsenna.

Latin words that go with this card: puella, flumen.

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