biography
| name: |
Coriolanus, Gaius or Gnaeus Marcius
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pronunciation:
[koriolaynus]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (5th-c BC)
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| biography:
| Roman folk hero, so named from his capture of the Volscian town of Corioli. Banished by the Romans for tyrannical behaviour (491 BC), he took refuge with the Volscians, and proceeded to lead them against his native city. After entreaties from his mother and wife, he spared Rome, and was executed by the Volscians. |
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