Rutuli

[1] Thought to have been descended from the Umbri and the Pelasgians, according to modern scholars they were more probably connected with the Etruscan or Ligurian peoples.

[2] In Virgil's Aeneid, and also according to Livy,[3] the Rutuli are led by Turnus, a young prince to whom Latinus, king of the Latins, had promised the hand of his daughter Lavinia in marriage.

Virgil's text ends when Aeneas defeats Turnus in single combat and therefore confirms his right to marry Lavinia.

[5] Tarquin unsuccessfully sought to take Ardea by storm, and subsequently began an extensive siege of the city.

The Roman army, camped outside Ardea, welcomed Lucius Junius Brutus as their new leader, and expelled the king's sons.

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