Edited sentence: He was also a descendant of one of the Horatii who had fought the Curiatii of Alba Longa.He was the nephew of consul Marcus Horatius and had lost an eye in a previous battle.Perceiving the danger, three officers (of noble rank) stood shoulder-to-shoulder to allow their own troops to pass and block the passage of the enemy: Spurius Larcius and Titus Herminius, commanders of the right wing (equivalent to colonels or lieutenant generals), and Publius Horatius, a more junior officer of unspecified rank.The three defenders of the bridge withstood sword and missile attacks until the troops had all crossed