Later Uses of The Theme
The story is retold in Horatius from the Lays of Ancient Rome by Lord Macaulay, a poem of great popularity in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Being still well-known today it appears at least in part in the curricula of some secondary schools. The details of the poem often vary from the traditional tale by poetic license.
The phrase 'Romans on the Bridge' is used to refer to a valiant defence against impossible odds.
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