Brave Cloelia Rucsha 1300–1800

1300–1800

from ancient societies to the present

and the Kansas City Museum

soldiers and tax collectors

Drawn from a wide range of works in the Getty Museum’s permanent collection

Brave Cloelia Rucsha 1300–1800Story by Jane Louise Curry Illustrations by Jeff Crosby In his History of Early Rome, the ancient historian Livy tells the story of a Roman girl named Cloelia who was taken prisoner by Larth Porsena, the king of the Etruscans. Cloelia came up with a daring plan of escape from her Etruscan captors and in the process won the admiration of all Rome and of the Etruscan king himself, who freed her. For saving her city, a grateful Rome set up a statue in