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Horatius Cocles

late 6th century BC Roman army officer who defended the Pons Sublicius against Lars Porsena's Etruscan army
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Horatius Cocles
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Facts

15 properties
Instance of
human whose existence is disputed, human
Sex or gender
male[6]
Date of birth
600 BC
Country of citizenship
Ancient Rome[5]
Occupation
military personnel
Father
Marcus Horatius[4]
Sibling
Marcus Horatius Pulvillus, Lucius Horatius[19][20]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Latin[12]
Cognomen
Cocles[18]
Described by source
Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon, Pauly–Wissowa, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The New Student's Reference Work[7][8][9][10][11]
Gens
Horatia gens[21]
Name in native language
Horatius Cocles, P. Horatius Cocles[13][14]
Nomen gentilicium
Horatius[17]
Praenomen
Publius[16]
Time period
Early Roman Republic[15]
🏷️ Also known as
en Horatius Cocles en Publius Horatius Cocles de Publius Horatius Cocles el Οράτιος Κόκλης es Publio Horacio Cocles es Horacio Cocles fa هوراتیوس کوکلس fr Horace Coclite fr Horace le Borgne fr Horatius Coclès he הוראטיוס קוקלס it Orazio Coclite ja プブリウス・ホラティウス・コクレス ja ホラティウス・コクレス pl Horacjusz Kokles pt Horácio Cocles ru Гораций Коклес ru Публий Гораций Коклес uk Публій Горацій Коклес zh 普布里乌斯·豪拉提乌斯·科克莱斯
🔖 Identifiers · 19
VIAF cluster ID
1025159234643603372312, 9158628165022921550
GND ID
1207494720
Biblissima authority ID
Wikidata item
British Museum person or institution ID
58660
Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic ID
5633
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/Horatius-Cocles
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
horatius-cocles
FES digital collections entity ID
350643
Freebase ID
/m/0lp45
NE.se ID
horatius-cocles
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX1257250
Oxford Classical Dictionary ID
3154
Show all 19 identifiers +7
RERO ID (legacy)
A016476924
Sandrart.net person ID
1774
ToposText person ID
17846
Treccani's Dizionario di Storia ID
orazio-coclite
V&A person ID
N349
Vikidia article ID
fr:Horatius_Coclès
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJyhhQWHbh9Rxq4qWXg7pP, E39PCjKQdyHpWCXb3fKTCBkJQm

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🔗 Connections
Described by source 3
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Pauly–Wissowa, The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Country of citizenship 1
Ancient Rome
Gens 1
Horatia gens
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Latin
Occupation 1
military personnel
Praenomen 1
Publius
Sex or gender 1
male
Sibling 1
Marcus Horatius Pulvillus
Siblings 1
Marcus Horatius Pulvillus
← Characters 1
Horatius Coclès
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Summary

Horatius Cocles is a human whose existence is disputed[1]. He was born in 600 BC[2]. He has worked as a military personnel[3].

FAQs

Who were Horatius Cocles's parents?

Horatius Cocles's father was Marcus Horatius[4].

What did Horatius Cocles do for work?

Horatius Cocles worked as a military personnel[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 16w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority ID → Wikidata item
    "Created claim: Biblissima authority ID: Q230272, Import ID Biblissima V2 (details)"
  2. 19w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    FES digital collections entity ID → 350643
    "Created claim: FES digital collections entity ID: 350643, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782398664614"
  3. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → military personnel
    Country of citizenship → Ancient Rome
    Sibling → Marcus Horatius Pulvillus, Lucius Horatius
    Sex or gender → male
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #31701: import P21 and P106 from GND (2)"
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