Marcus Manlius Capitolinus’s Connections

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• Capitoline Hill

  When the Gauls scaled the cliffs of the Capitoline Hill by night in 390 BCE, Marcus Manlius Capitolinus was the first Roman roused by Juno's sacred geese. He hurled the lead climber from the rock and held the summit until reinforcements arrived, saving the last Roman stronghold from capture.