Cor|i|o|la|nus

Cor|i|o|la|nus
Cor|i|o|la|nus «KR ee uh LAY nuhs, KOR-», noun.
a historical tragedy by Shakespeare based on the life of Gaius Marcius Coriolanus, a Roman general of the 400's B.C., who was banished from Rome and later led an army of Volscians in an unsuccessful attack on it.

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