Both Uses of
The Tiber
in
The House of Hades
- He saw a lone warrior standing on a stone bridge, facing an entire army massed on the far side of the Tiber River.†
p. 145.6 *
- Horatius, the Roman general, had single-handedly held off a horde of invaders, sacrificing himself on that bridge to keep the barbarians from crossing the Tiber.†
p. 145.8
Definition:
a river of central Italy that flows through Rome