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25: 56: 150: 224: 108:, the chief city of the Latins (it being a Roman custom to invoke the aid of the gods of the enemy). The pair duly appeared during the battle dressed in white armour riding white horses, helped the Romans to prevail, and afterwards took the news of the victory to Rome. There they watered their horses at the spring of 119:
There can be little doubt that Lake Regillus actually existed. Of the various identifications proposed, the best is that of Luigi Pareti, who locates the lake in a crater (
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of uncertain date. Most of the other sites proposed are not, as Regillus should be, within the limits of the territory of Tusculum.
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which finally decided the hegemony of Rome in Latium. The lake, now drained, was near the present-day town of
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Prataporci site, where the battle took place, viewed from
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During the battle, so the story runs, the Roman dictator
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