# Horatius Cocles — Discourses on Livy character guide

> Horatius Cocles in Discourses on Livy by Niccolò Machiavelli.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Horatius

**First appearance:** 0004-i

## Who they are

Roman hero who single-handedly defended a bridge against the Etruscans.

## In the story

### [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/discourses_on_livy_se/chapters/xxii)

Surviving Roman champion who killed his sister for mourning her husband, a Curiatius.

### [XXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/discourses_on_livy_se/chapters/xxiv)

Rewarded with two ploughgates of public land for his valor in defending the bridge against the Etruscans.

### [Chapter I: The Necessity of Renewal in Republics and Sects](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/discourses_on_livy_se/chapters/i)

Listed among the virtuous citizens whose example helped renew Rome without formal punishment.

### [On Envy, Authority, and the Defense of a City](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/discourses_on_livy_se/chapters/xxx)

Mentioned as one of Camillus's colleagues, entrusted with supplying arms and corn for the war effort.

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