continue my tour of the Capitoline Museums, leaving the grand staircase and entering the classroom large, that the Orazi and Curiazi by subject of one of the frescoes. This large room was allocated to public hearings of the Board of Curators.
The decoration was entrusted in 1595 to Giuseppe Cesari, called the Cavalier d'Arpino , a leading figure of Roman Mannerism.
Observe the dining area gives you a feeling of grandeur and spaciousness enormous. The visitor is overwhelmed by the huge paintings and especially the two on the long side opposite the windows.
important and beautiful are the two honorary statues of Popes commissioned by the Conservatives: the one, marble, sculpted by Gian Lorenzo Bernini between 1635 and 1640, depicts Urban VIII Barberini (1623-1644) and the other, made of bronze between 1645 and 1650 in honor of Pope Innocent X Pamphili (1644-1655), is the work of the sculptor Alessandro Bolognese Algardi .
Today I describe the scene that gave its name the room: battle between the Orazi and Curiazi (1612-1613).
According to the version reported by Livy (Hist. I, 24-25), during the reign of Tullus Ostilio (seventh century BC) Rome and Alba Longa came into conflict with the armies facing each deployed along the Fossae Cluiliae (on the current Via Appia Antica), on the border between their territories.
Rome and Alba Longa shared through the myth of Romulus a sacred seed that made this unholy war, so their rulers decided to entrust the fate of two groups of representatives of the conflict between the two cities, avoiding further bloodshed.
were chosen for the Rome Orazi, three brothers, sons of Publio Orazio, and Curiazi Albalonga the triplets, which are addressed to a duel to the sword.
Started the fight, almost immediately two Horatii were killed, while two of Curiazi reported only minor injuries and the third, Horace, that he could not tackle alone three enemies, striking difficulties thought to resort to cunning and pretended to flee Rome. As predicted, the three Curiazi gave chase, but the distance between them is run. First he was joined by
Curiazi that had not been wounded, and turning a surprise hit him. Who had taken up running, he was pursued by two other Curiazi, but, being wounded, tired and was significantly facile, uno alla volta, ucciderli.
La vittoria dell'Orazio fu la vittoria di Roma, cui Albalonga si sottomise.
Camilla Orazia , sorella dell'Orazio superstite, era promessa sposa di uno dei Curiazi uccisi, e rimproverò violentemente del delitto il fratello, tanto che questi la uccise per farla tacere. Per purificarsi, offrì poi un sacrificio a Giunone Sororia , divinità tutelare della sorella. Inoltre per il processo al delitto di ' perduellio ' (tradimento contro lo Stato) di cui si era macchiato l'uccisore dei Curiazi e di Camilla Orazia, Tullio Ostilio istituì giudici appositi: i ' duumviri perduellionis '. Le parentele were further intertwined, according to later versions of the legend, being one of Curiazi Sabina's sister and wife of Marco Orazio.
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