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'The Oath of the Horatii', 1791. According to the Roman historian Livy, the Horatii were three Roman brothers who agreed to fight the Curiatii, three brothers from Alba Longa, during a war between the two cities in the 7th century BC, with the outcome deciding the conflict. Two of the Horatii were killed but the third was able to kill the Curiatii one by one after they became separated while pursuing him. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow.