Brave Cloelia kids The book devotes new attention

The book devotes new attention to details that vary from region to region

an elegant woman in a lustrous white gown dances as part of a foursome

Jean-Louis Cohen's scholarly introduction sheds fresh light

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Brave Cloelia kids The book devotes new attentionStory by Jane Louise Curry Illustrations by Jeff Crosby In his History of Early Rome, the ancient historian Livy tells the story of a Roman girl named Cloelia who was taken prisoner by Larth Porsena, the king of the Etruscans. Cloelia came up with a daring plan of escape from her Etruscan captors and in the process won the admiration of all Rome and of the Etruscan king himself, who freed her. For saving her city, a grateful Rome set up a statue in