Emblem: Agere et pati fortia (Devises Heroiques) (Black) (Badge)

In early Roman mythology, when Lars Porsenna, King of the Etruscans, besieged Rome, the city was famously saved by Gaius Mucius Scaevola, by demonstrating his courage and resolve to his Etruscan captors by placing his right hand into the fire. Scaevola thereafter remained a symbol of Roman bravery.

Devises Heroïques, from the collection of Claude Paradin. 1551.