Scaevola or Scævola (
Latin
Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...
for "Lefty") may refer to:
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Gaius Mucius Scaevola
Gaius Mucius Cordus, better known with his later cognomen Scaevola ( , ), was an ancient Roman youth, possibly mythical, famous for his bravery.
In 508 BC, during the war between Rome and Clusium, the Clusian king Lars Porsena laid siege to Ro ...
, a legendary assassin said to have burnt his right hand away as a show of determination during the early years of the Roman Republic
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Muciii Scaevolae, a family in the Roman Republic
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Quintus Cervidius Scaevola
Quintus Cervidius Scaevola (fl. ) was a Roman jurist of the equestrian order. Both the ''Historia Augusta'Historia Augusta'', "Marcus Antoninus Philosophus"11.10/ref> and the '' Tabula Banasitana'' attest that Scaevola was a member of Marcus A ...
, a Roman jurist
* Scaevola, a 1958 nuclear test undertaken by the United States as part of
Operation Hardtack I
Operation Hardtack I was a series of 35 nuclear tests conducted by the United States from April 28 to August 18 in 1958 at the Pacific Proving Grounds. At the time of testing, the Operation Hardtack I test series included more nuclear detonation ...
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''Scaevola'', the genus of fan-flowers
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''Scaevola'', a genus of extinct gastropods
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