Tullus hostilius biography of william

He also constructed the Comitium which was an open plaza where citizens could vote on different political items. Some historians credit the founding of the third Patrician tribe to Hostillius as well, the tribe was called the Luceres, and for most of the kingdom and the early republic they were quite powerful. At the end of his reign, Hostillius realized he had failed to appeal to the gods in a satisfactory way so he dedicated Saturnalia to the god Saturn and Opalia to Opis, the goddess of some aspects of agriculture.

He also established the rank of Equites, the wealthy soldiers who made up the Roman cavalry. Overall Hostillius was quite the productive king, and benefitted Roman society greatly. Thank you for reading and I hope you learned and enjoyed it. Skip to content Tullus Hostillius was the third semi-mythical hero-king of Rome. By Lev Weitzman.

Immediately afterwards, the surviving Horacio began to run, being pursued by the Curiacios, but due to their injuries, they ran at different speeds, which Horacio took advantage of to suddenly turn around and attack them separately, killing all three. The triumph was therefore for the Romans and as a consequence the Albanians submitted to Rome.

Tulo Hostilio arranged for Mecio to support him with his army in case of war against the Etruscan city of Veii. Shortly thereafter, the city of Fidenae, which was subject to Rome as a colony, planned to revolt with the support of Veii. Mettius offered himself as a secret ally to the rebellion, vowing to betray the Romans in combat. Tulio Hostilio called the Albanians as support.

For the battle, Tulo Hostilio formed the Romans against the troops of Veii, and the Albanians against those of Fidenas. But Mecio Fufecio, drove away the Albanians by climbing adjoining mountains, abandoning the Romans and hoping to intervene in favor of whoever took advantage in the battle. Then Tullius Hostilius shouted to his army so that the enemy could also hear it that Mecius was not abandoning the field, but following his orders to attack the Fideneans from the rear.

With this he gave the Romans confidence and launched them against the Fidenites, who, fearing to be surrounded, withdrew. After defeating the Fidenites, he attacked Veii's wing and defeated it. The battle was the bloodiest that Rome had fought so far. Mettius reinstated his army to that of Rome, and Tullus Hostilius pretended to receive him in good spirits.

Tullus hostilius biography of william

However, at the close of his reign, Rome was affected by a series of prophecy including a shower of stones on the Alban Mount, a loud voice was heard on the summit of the mount complaining that the Albans had failed to show devotion to their former gods, and a pestilence struck in Rome. King Tullus became ill and was filled with superstition.

He reviewed the commentaries of Numa Pompilius and attempted to carry out sacrifices recommended by Numa to Jupiter Elicius. However, Tullus did not undertake the ceremony correctly, and both he and his house were struck by lightning and reduced to ashes as a result of the anger of Jupiter. We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.

If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly. Forgot your password? Retrieve it. Unlike his predecessor, Tullus was known as a warlike king who, according to the Roman historian Livybelieved the more peaceful nature of his predecessor had weakened Rome.

It has been attested that he sought out war and was even more warlike than the first king of Rome, Romulus. In the mythological version of events Livy describes, he had angered Jupiter who then killed him with a bolt of lightning. Tullus Hostilius was the grandson of Hostus Hostiliuswho had fought with Romulus and died during the Sabine invasion of Rome.

Marcius's son, also named Numa Marcius, would serve as praefectus urbi under Tullus, and would be the father of Ancus Marcius, Tullus's successor. The principal feature of Tullus' reign was the defeat of Alba Longa. During his reign, Hostilius created the college of the Fetiales that concluded all treaties in the name of Rome. Two distinctive events are traditionally ascribed to Tullus's reign.

Historians regard the events as having taken place during the early regal period, but the question of whether the events should be directly associated with Tullus is debatable. The first event is the destruction of Alba Longa. The historical record shows that the Alban Hills were the site of a large settlement and that this tullus hostilius biography of william fell under Roman power during the regal period.

Details are uncertain about when and by whom Alba Longa was destroyed. It was almost certainly subjugated at a later date than that given by Livy and it may have been destroyed by the Latins and not by the Romans who might have regarded the destruction of their own traditional mother-country as impious. The battle of Alba Longa was settled by having two sets of triplets, one born in Alba Longa and one in Rome, fight for their city.

The last person standing alive would be the winner, and his city would win the war without having their armies engage in battle. The story states that these triplets were singled out as champions of both cities. The Alban dictator Mettius Fufetius betrayed Rome during the war with the Etruscans, where Rome requested Alban military assistance, which Mettius agreed to, but also had a secret agreement with the Etruscans to desert Rome in the heat of battle, leaving Tullus alone to fight the battle.

Mettius also betrayed the Etruscans by not joining in the battle at all. Mettius was taken prisoner by Tullus. Tullus ordered Alba Longa to be destroyed and forced the migration of the Alban citizenry to Rome, where they were integrated and became Roman citizens.