person
Marcus Horatius Pulvillus
Pulvillus
also: Pulvillus
Consul of 509 BC who dedicated the temple of Jupiter on the Capitol. Told of his son's death as he held the doorpost, he completed the rite without breaking the prayer.
Reading notes
- Consolation to Marcia §13 Pulvillus
Marcus Horatius Pulvillus, consul of 509 BC, who completed the dedication of the Capitol without breaking off the prayer on learning of his son's death.