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* '''Gaius Mucius Scaevola:''' a Roman youth, famous for his bravery. Captured when he attempted to murder Lars Porsena, an Etruscan king beseiging Rome, . Mucius thrust his right hand into one of the camp fires and held it there without giving any indication of pain, thereby earning for himself and his descendants the cognomen Scaevola, meaning 'left-handed'. | * '''Gaius Mucius Scaevola:''' a Roman youth, famous for his bravery. Captured when he attempted to murder Lars Porsena, an Etruscan king beseiging Rome, . Mucius thrust his right hand into one of the camp fires and held it there without giving any indication of pain, thereby earning for himself and his descendants the cognomen Scaevola, meaning 'left-handed'. | ||
[[Category:Roman history]] | [[Category:Roman history]] | ||
| + | * '''Munster:''' as the four Masters represent the four kingdoms of Ireland | ||
Latest revision as of 19:20, 7 July 2013
- munitus (Latin): fortified, secured
- Mencius: (ca. 385 – 303/302 BCE) a Chinese philosopher who is the most famous Confucian after Confucius himself.
- Gaius Mucius Scaevola: a Roman youth, famous for his bravery. Captured when he attempted to murder Lars Porsena, an Etruscan king beseiging Rome, . Mucius thrust his right hand into one of the camp fires and held it there without giving any indication of pain, thereby earning for himself and his descendants the cognomen Scaevola, meaning 'left-handed'.
- Munster: as the four Masters represent the four kingdoms of Ireland
