countercry

Updated: June 26, 2025

"Revenge, and the Colonna!" "The Bear and the Orsini!" "Charity and the Frangipani!" The Romans, rather ferocious than disciplined, fell butchered in crowds round the ranks of the mercenaries: but as one fell, another succeeded; and still burst with undiminished fervour the countercry of "Rome, the Tribune, and the People! Spirito Santo, Cavaliers!"

Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton - Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes