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116:, were present and participated in the battle. Titus Aebutius and Octavius Mamilius, both fighting on horseback, charged one another and were seriously wounded. Mamilius was wounded in the breast and taken to the rear, while Aebutius' arm was so severely injured by his opponent's lance that he had to withdraw from the field and direct his forces at a distance. 124:, who charged so fiercely that he killed the Latin prince with a single thrust of his spear. His triumph was short-lived, however; as Herminius stooped to claim Mamilius' armor as spoils, he was mortally wounded by a javelin. Postumius successfully rallied the Roman forces to carry the day. 74:
failed to win back the throne for Tarquinius, he sought refuge with Mamilius in Tusculum. With all hope of further aid from the Etruscans ended, Mamilius turned to the cities and towns of Latium, comprising some thirty communities. Some towns formerly allied with Rome were receptive to his
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Later in the battle, Mamilius hurried to the front with several companies of reserves, in order to relieve a company of Roman exiles under Titus Tarquinius, who had nearly been cut off by the dictator Postumius. As he did so, he was recognized by the Roman general
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The defeat of Octavius Mamilius and the Latin army at the Battle of Lake Regillus ended the last serious attempt by Tarquinius to regain the throne. He died an old man at
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Following the overthrow of his father-in-law in 509 BC, Mamilius was associated with various efforts to restore Tarquinius to the throne. After the
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army. They encountered a Roman expeditionary force near Lake Regillus, not far from Tusculum. The Romans were led by the Dictator,
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described Octavius as head of one of the most distinguished families of Latium, and thus an important ally of Tarquinius.
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two years later (some historians placed the battle itself in 496 BC, in which year Postumius was consul).
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The fighting was especially fierce, as both the aged king Tarquinius and his last surviving son,
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by the Senate in recognition of his assistance in a war against the
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Prince and dictator of the Latin city of Tusculum (died 498/496 BC)
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was descended from Mamilia, reputedly a granddaughter of Ulysses (
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overtures, while others dissented and joined the Roman cause.
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Index

princeps
Tusculum
Latium
Lucius Tarquinius Superbus
Rome
gens Mamilia
Odysseus
Circe
Titus Livius
war between Clusium and Rome
Battle of Lake Regillus
Dictator
Latin
Aulus Postumius Albus
Magister Equitum
Titus Aebutius Elva
Titus Tarquinius
Titus Herminius
Cumae
Lucius Mamilius
Roman citizenship
Aequi
Volsci
praenomen
ISBN
9780521850735
Titus Livius
Ab Urbe Condita
Livy
Ab urbe condita

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