2,5,3
Porsenna rex Etruscorum, gravissimus regii nominis suffragator, Tarquinium manu ingerens, tribus continuis annis trepidam urbem terruit conclusit obsedit; et nisi hostem vel Mucius constanti urendae manus patientia vel virgo Cloelia admirabili transmeati fluminis audacia permovissent, profecto Romani conpulsi forent perpeti aut captivitatem hoste insistente superati, aut servitutem recepto rege subiecti.