590:, and served as consul in 506 BC, engaged Mamilius and slew him; but while attempting to strip his fallen enemy and claim the spoils, Herminius was killed by a javelin. As the outcome of the battle seemed in doubt, Postumius ordered the cavalry to dismount and attack on foot, forcing the Latins to retreat and capturing the Latin camp. Tarquin and the Latin army abandoned the field, resulting in a decisive Roman victory. Postumius returned to Rome with his army, and celebrated a
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The year in which the battle occurred is unclear, and has been unclear since ancient times. Livy places the battle in 499 BC, but says some of his sources also suggest the battle occurred during
Postumius' consulship in 496 BC. The other major source for this historical period,
537:(a neighbouring tribe to the south of Latium) had raised troops to send to the aid of the Latins against Rome; however, the haste of the Roman dictator in joining battle meant that the Volscian forces did not arrive in time.
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Dionysius has the king accompanied by Sextus
Tarquinius, who according to Livy had been slain at Gabii. When he saw that the battle was lost, he threw himself into the thickest fighting, and perished bravely.
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had to withdraw from the field and direct his troops from a distance. The king's soldiers, including many exiled Romans, began to overpower the republican forces, and the Romans suffered a setback when
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was killed by a spear while attacking Titus
Tarquinius. However, Postumius brought in fresh troops from his own bodyguard and halted the exiles' progress.
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was located in the remains of a volcanic crater between Rome and
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Legendary Roman victory over the Latin League and as part of a wider Latin War (c. 496 BC)
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Early in the battle, the king was injured attacking
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fighting at the Battle of Lake
Regillus, 1880 illustration by
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An engraving of Lake
Regillus, where the battle took place.
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Prataporci site, where the battle took place, view from
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The dictator
Postumius led the Roman infantry, while
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End of Tarquinian attempts to retake the Roman throne
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1403:Battles involving the Roman Republic
1208:Julius Caesar's invasions of Britain
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1341:Military history of ancient Rome
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259:Tarquinius Priscus' Campaigns
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893:The Battle of Lake Regillus
717:A History of Rome to AD 565
613:, the battle was the young
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979:Roman conquest of Italy
887:Ab Urbe Condita (Latin)
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573:Marcus Valerius Volusus
533:According to Livy, the
484:, the seventh and last
476:and as part of a wider
466:Battle of Lake Regillus
254:Ancus Marcius' Campaign
22:Battle of Lake Regillus
741:The Beginnings of Rome
719:, 6th ed., 1977, p. 46
383:
372:
328:Latin War (498–493 BC)
132:Commanders and leaders
48:John Reinhard Weguelin
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1369:41.84028°N 12.69306°E
1309:Domitian's Dacian War
1228:Liberators' civil war
510:Aulus Postumius Albus
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370:
144:(master of the horse)
138:Aulus Postumius Albus
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1314:Trajan's Dacian Wars
999:Roman–Hernician wars
627:Lays of Ancient Rome
142:Titus Aebutius Helva
52:Lays of Ancient Rome
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1213:Roman–Parthian Wars
1004:Roman–Volscian wars
984:Roman–Etruscan Wars
903:, Routledge, 1995.
849:The History of Rome
683:The History of Rome
547:Titus Aebutius Elva
381:Monte Porzio Catone
160:Tarquinius Superbus
1374:41.84028; 12.69306
1319:Roman–Persian Wars
1218:Caesar's civil war
1090:Roman–Seleucid war
989:Roman-Aequian wars
961:Ancient Roman wars
492:, the dictator of
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373:
274:War with Praeneste
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1423:Castor and Pollux
1393:490s BC conflicts
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1304:Jewish–Roman wars
1176:Sulla's civil war
1170:Bellum Octavianum
1058:Illyro-Roman Wars
1031:Roman–Gallic wars
1009:Roman–Sabine wars
838:Secondary sources
783:Fasti Triumphales
729:Dionysius, vi. 2.
669:Dionysius, vi. 5.
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490:Octavius Mamilius
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1142:Cimbrian War
1095:Galatian War
1014:Samnite Wars
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1203:Gallic Wars
1132:Achaean War
1019:Pyrrhic War
969:Wars of the
607:Roman Forum
578:Meanwhile,
433:The Cremera
346:Crustumeria
1387:Categories
1360:12°41′35″E
1357:41°50′25″N
1275:Gothic War
1036:Punic Wars
1024:Social War
814:Wikisource
654:References
615:Coriolanus
504:Background
284:340–338 BC
269:389–385 BC
264:498–493 BC
924:2211-5129
757:, ii. 22.
739:Cornell,
478:Latin War
351:Praeneste
69:c. 496 BC
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514:dictator
494:Tusculum
166:Strength
80:Frascati
74:Location
1413:490s BC
1408:500s BC
792:Sources
681:Grant,
592:triumph
586:at the
448:Fidenae
341:Fidenae
192:43,000
175:24,700
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