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undertook the war with
Cameria, marching his forces to the city under cover of darkness, and mounting a surprise attack at dawn. Thrown into confusion, the Camerini could not resolve upon resistance or capitulation, and the city was swiftly taken. Verginius allowed the plunder of the city, executed
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Roman territory was regularly raided by parties from
Cameria, and the city ignored repeated Roman demands to stop the "robbers", or otherwise redress the injury done to Roman property. Romulus and Tatius marched on Cameria, defeating the Camerini in a pitched battle, and then laying siege to the
164:. At some point following the death of Tatius, the Camerini took advantage of a pestilence at Rome by attacking the colonists, killing some and driving out the rest. Romulus retook the city, along with half of its remaining territory, and placed a garrison there to forestall future revolts.
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population at Rome, who ruled alongside
Romulus for five years. According to Dionysius, the expedition against the Camerini was the only military venture undertaken by the two kings during what was otherwise a peaceful period in Rome's early history.
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Camerini then began harassing the Roman settlers, hoping to drive them from the captured land. Romulus and Tatius marched against the Camerini a second time, quickly scattering their men, and seizing the town's remaining territory. A
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families of ancient Rome, and probably indicated that the
Sulpicii originated at Cameria. Members of this family frequently held the highest offices of the Roman state from the earliest years of the
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town, which they took by storm. The
Camerini were disarmed, and a third of their territory was seized by Rome and allocated to its people, who began to settle in the former Camerian territory.
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to make war upon Rome. Dionysius does not mention
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was sent to
Cameria, but about four thousand Camerini were invited to settle at Rome, where they were divided among the thirty
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Cameria, Dionysius lists precisely twenty-nine in 498.
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the leaders responsible for undertaking war against Rome, razed the city, and sold the survivors into slavery.
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