. History of Rome and the Roman people, from its origin to the establishment of the Christian empire . n army might not be doubted, for centiuies the gigantic Between the Etniscau aud Latin wars, tradition places a war against the Sabiues, whichmust- have lasted four years, from 505 to 501, and during which the Sabine Attus Clausus(Appius Claudius), a rich citizen of Regillus, who had been adverse to the hostilities, hademigrated to Home, where he was received into the senate, and his family took a placeamongst the new Patrician yentes. - M. Pietro thinks he has found Lake Regillus in a dried


. History of Rome and the Roman people, from its origin to the establishment of the Christian empire . n army might not be doubted, for centiuies the gigantic Between the Etniscau aud Latin wars, tradition places a war against the Sabiues, whichmust- have lasted four years, from 505 to 501, and during which the Sabine Attus Clausus(Appius Claudius), a rich citizen of Regillus, who had been adverse to the hostilities, hademigrated to Home, where he was received into the senate, and his family took a placeamongst the new Patrician yentes. - M. Pietro thinks he has found Lake Regillus in a dried up marsh, il Pantano, 15 or 16miles on the way to Palestrina, south of the hill occupied by the village la Colonna. ^ This fountain never dries, but at present it flows underground. It was tliis whicli fedwliat was called Lake Curtius. The Temple of Castor was close by. -56 KOMF. T\r>KR THE KIXGS. imi:)ressiou of \ho foot of a horse \\ats sho^^Ti in the rook on thefield of battle, and Rome, Avhich took pride iu represeutiug itselfas the ohieet of the constant solicitude of the gods, consecrated. Tlic tliit-e columns of tlif temple of Caslnr. this legend l>y raising a t(iii]ilc to tht> divine sons of Zens andLeda, -which became mw of the must celelmited in the city. The victory Avas a bl(jody one. On th(> side of the Romans,tkree Yalerii, Ilerminius, the com])anion of Codes, ^bntins, themaster of the lidrsc, were left on the field of battle, or ([uittcd itwcmuded. On the side of the Latins, Oct. Mamilius, the dictator The temple of Castor siiid Pollux, in wliicli tlie senate often assembled, J« (ede clarisnmoque /iionumento (Cic,in Ven:,Il. i., 4S)) Ijepun liy Postumius and finishedbv his son, was rebuilt on the same spot under Aufjustus and Tiberius. The three maguiificentcolumns which remain of it date from this latter epoch. TKADITIOXAL HISTORY OF THE KIXGS. O ( of Alba, aud Titus, the last son of Tar([Hin. fell. Tli(> old king


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