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Coriolanus (Coriolanus)

Coriolanus was a Roman soldier who quarreled with the people and then led a Volscian army against Rome. His mother Veturia and his wife Volumnia met him on the road and persuaded him to turn back.

Grades 7–8. History.

How it connects

He is an early Republic story, later than Horatius and earlier than the war with Pyrrhus.

Latin words that go with this card: mater, miles.

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