Volta (Etruscan Monster)
The Volta is described in Etruscan tradition as a monster that devastated the countryside. According to Lucius Piso and Pliny the Elder, King Porsenna used a thunderbolt to destroy the creature, following an example set by Numa Pompilius, the legendary Roman king. Tullus Hostilius attempted a similar feat without adequate knowledge and was himself struck … Read more