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Lays of Ancient Rome is an 1842 collection of narrative poems, or lays, by Thomas Babington Macaulay. Four of these recount heroic episodes from early Roman history with strong dramatic and tragic themes, giving the collection its name. Macaulay also included two poems inspired by recent history: Ivry (1824) and The Armada (1832).
Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, PC, FRS, FRSE (/ ˈ b æ b ɪ ŋ t ən m ə ˈ k ɔː l i /; 25 October 1800 – 28 December 1859) was a British historian, poet, and Whig politician, who served as the Secretary at War between 1839 and 1841, and as the Paymaster General between 1846 and 1848.
Horatius Cocles, a fanciful 1586 engraving by Hendrick Goltzius.. Publius Horatius Cocles was an officer in the army of the early Roman Republic who famously defended the Pons Sublicius from the invading army of Etruscan King Lars Porsena of Clusium in the late 6th century BC, during the war between Rome and Clusium. [1]
Critical and Historical Essays: Contributed to the Edinburgh Review (1843) is a collection of articles by Thomas Babington Macaulay, later Lord Macaulay. They have been acclaimed for their readability, but criticized for their inflexible attachment to the attitudes of the Whig school of history.
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Here, as the star celebrates another year, look back on some photos of a young Macaulay Culkin in the 1990s. The Scream. Ron Galella Collection via Getty. A young Macaulay Culkin in the 1990s.
Horatius Acquaviva d'Aragona (d.1617), an Italian prelate; Horatius Paulijn (1644-1691), a Dutch painter; Horatius Sebastiani (1771-1851), a French soldier and diplomat; Horatius Bonar (1808–1889), a Scottish churchman and poet; Horatius "H.H." Coleman (1892-1969), an American church pastor; Horatius Murray (1903-1989), a British Army General
Macaulay Culkin and Kieran Culkin (left) in 1990's Home Alone “Devin Ratray, the guy who plays Buzz, lied to me and told me the movie was all about him," he added. "And I believed him.