

The king of Rome, believing Horatio to have died a coward's death, announces the engagement of his daughter Marcia to Horatio's brother Marcus, whom he names his heir. He is wounded and taken prisoner but escapes and hides in the hills.

During the period prior to the unification of Alba and Rome, the legendary Roman hero Horatio leads his troops against the forces of Alba in the region of Tullus Hostilius.
