Tullus Hostilius Flashcards
How he became king
By a vote of the people
Lived until
673BCE-642BC
His charecter
Very warlike
Not very religious
Wars he won
Against the: Albans and Sabines
His illness and death
He caught a plague so the Romans decided to revive Numa’s religious ways
Said to have made Jupiter angry by getting a ceremony wrong
Died when the palace was struck by lightening
King for
32 years
Alban war
Romans and Albans were raiding each others fields
Both parties sent ambassadors asking for their belongings back
Romans agreed Albans disagreed
Tullus started a war
Both had Trojan origins- like a civil war
Alban leader
Cluiless,he died in their camp
Was replaced by Mettius Fufetius
Solution to the Alban war
Triplet brothers in each army
Horatii (thought to be the romans) Curiatti
Two Romans fell
All three Albans were wounded
Last roman ran and killed each Alban when they were separated
What happened to the survivor of the triplet brother fight
Once of the dead Curatti’s fiancé cried because he was dead
The Last roman killed her because she cried in his victory
Arrested and taken to the king
The law of two men must judge the de of treason
The convicted must appeal
If the appeal is defeated he should be beaten in and out of the city
He was condemned (Tullus appealed him)
The father of the murdered girl supported the. Man so he wasn’t killed…sister beam still in place today
Mettius’s first treason
Pushed other people into war with Rome
Pushed the Fidenates and the Veii
Tullus called Mettius and his army from Alba to help
The battle against the Fidenates and
Mettius withdrew gradually towards the mountains intending to join the winning side
Asked cavalry to raise spears so others could not see this
Tullus’s men thought this was part of his plan(those that had seen)
Fidenates thought that they would be cut of from their town (due to mettius’s position) they turned and fled,Turnus chased them
Turned even more fiercely on the Veiians
“No fiercer battle fought by the Romans”
Mettius’ punishment
Mettius descended onto the plain and praised Tulus
Tullus ordered the Albans and Romans to camp together
Tullus-“we were not only fighting an enemy but the dishonesty and betrayal of our allies” Mettius started the war,responsible for retreat and broke the Rome/Alban treaty
He had pretended that them retreating was his plan- for courage
Mettius was tied to four chariots and his body was torn apart
“First and last time that punishment was ever used”
Rome +Alba
Soldiers destroyed the Alban city
Sad silence-quite misery “despaired and cried more”
In one hour they turned 400 years work into ruins
Temples of the gods were left untouched
Alban people taken to Rome, given a citizenship, single city, state
Virgil
Tullus, to banish idleness and raise the residents if his native land to arms and hosts now foreign to triumphs
