person
Gnaeus Marcius Coriolanus
Coriolanus
also: Coriolanus, Marcius Coriolanus
The early-Republican Roman patrician who, after his exile, led a Volscian army against Rome. Cicero cites him among those who impiously sought foreign aid against the fatherland.
Reading notes
- Laelius, On Friendship §36 take up arms against their fatherland
Coriolanus, the early-Republican patrician who, exiled, led a Volscian army against Rome; the type of the friend whose unjust cause no friendship obliges one to follow. He recurs at section 42, paired with Themistocles.