23.07.24: Level 2; Practice in reading the perfect tense; A First Latin Reader (Vincent) [6]

Translation and answer in the comments

In which order are the following statements first referred to?

• defending the bridge
• destroying the bridge
• fighting alone
• Horatius’ comrades
• swimming across the river
• the Etruscans
• the name of a river

Posteā Tarquinius et Lars Porsenna, quī erat rēx Etrūscōrum, ad oppidum appropinquābant. Tiberis, fluvius longus et lātus, erat inter Rōmānōs et Etrūscōs. Horātius et Lartius et Herminius pontem contrā cōpiās Porsennae dēfendēbant; intereā Rōmānī pontem dēlēbant. Inde Horātius, ubi Lartium et Herminium remīsit, sōlus contrā Etrūscōs pugnābat. Ubi Rōmānī pontem dēlēvērunt, Horātius trāns fluvium natāvit tūtus.

Posteā Tarquinius ¦ et Lars Porsenna, ¦ quī erat rēx Etrūscōrum, ¦ … │ Afterwards Tarquinius ¦ and Lars Porsenna ¦ who was the king of the Etruscans …

[1] Lars Porsenna: the antecedent i.e. the person(s) / thing(s) to which the relative pronoun (quī) refers in the relative clause (quī erat rēx Etrūscōrum)

[2] quī: [i] masculine singular agreeing with Lars Porsenna (masculine singular) [ii] nominative case because it refers to the subject: Lars Porsenna ¦ who was king …

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Afterwards Tarquinius and Lars Porsenna, who was king of the [1] Etruscans, approached the town. [2] The Tiber, a long and broad river, was between the Romans and the Etruscans. Horatius and [3] Lartius and Herminius were [4] defending the bridge against the forces of Porsenna; Meanwhile the Romans were [5] destroying the bridge. Then Horatius, when he sent back Lartius and Herminius, [6] fought alone against the Etruscans. When the Romans destroyed the bridge, Horace [7] swam safely across the river. 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etruria

Map showing Etruria and Etruscan colonies as of 750 BC and as expanded until 500 BC

By NormanEinstein - Based on a map from The National Geographic Magazine Vol.173 No.6 June 1988., CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=241378

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etruscan_language

By SBAUmbria - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=33249416

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etruscan_art

By Sailko - Own work, CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1464437

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatius_Cocles