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Battle of Lake Regillus

Type Event Region Europe Time -496

In 496 BCE, shortly after the founding of the Roman Republic, the exiled Tarquin family joined with the Latin League to launch a restoration war agai…

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  1. -496Latium · LazioThe exiled Tarquin family sought support from the Latin city-states, forming a coalition that marched on Rome in an attempt to restore the monarchy. The Roman consuls summoned the citizen legions to meet them, and the two sides faced off near Lake Regillus.
  2. -496Lake Regillus · LazioThe Roman consuls Aulus Postumius Albus and Titus Aeternius Mesennius led the legions in fierce fighting against the allied forces; according to accounts, the divine intervention of Castor and Pollux aided the fight, and Rome ultimately routed the Latin coalition, crushing the attempt to restore the monarchy.

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