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believed it unlikely that a man who had not yet been consul would be appointed the first dictator, or that Manius
Valerius would have been nominated in place of his father. Another tradition places the institution of the dictatorship three years later, in 498 BC, during Larcius' second consulship. In
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564:Plutarch, "The Life of Coriolanus", 8.
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323:gained fame through his valour.
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990:Etruscan names for Greek heroes
691:A Commentary on Livy, Books 1–5
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1125:Battle of the Cremera (477 BC)
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215:amongst the thirty towns of
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261:Quintus Cloelius Siculus
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269:Battle of Lake Regillus
207:, the seventh and last
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1115:Siege of Rome (509 BC)
642:T. Robert S. Broughton
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327:Historical uncertainty
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1289:Portonaccio
1264:Etruscology
864:Tyrrhenians
377:, col. 797.
213:an alliance
29:Nationality
1506:Categories
1322:Acquarossa
1246:Archeology
362:References
355:Coriolanus
302:Mons Sacer
136:family at
132:, were an
110:Background
79:(surnamed
43:501–493 BC
1457:Vetulonia
1442:Tarquinia
1417:Populonia
1387:Fescennia
1357:Cerveteri
1314:Key sites
1025:Mezentius
859:Tyrrhenus
665:Larcius 2
352:'s play,
155:over the
143:praenomen
70:(brother)
64:Relatives
1472:Volterra
1467:Volsinii
1462:Vie Cave
1447:Tuscania
1427:Rusellae
1259:Cuniculi
1254:Bucchero
1178:Alphabet
1170:Language
1055:Religion
1045:Poppilia
894:Tanaquil
689:(1965).
611:Plutarch
319:, where
232:dictator
201:Tusculum
134:Etruscan
118:, whose
96:Republic
59:(501 BC)
57:Dictator
1407:Perusia
1402:Orvieto
1397:Norchia
1392:Fidenae
1382:Falerii
1377:Etruria
1367:Clusium
1342:Bologna
1337:Baratti
1040:Persius
1010:Jewelry
947:society
943:Culture
869:Tarchon
839:Origins
831:History
396:Ogilvie
317:Corioli
298:seceded
273:Fidenae
181:Sabines
130:Largius
126:Lartius
1537:Lartii
1493:Portal
1332:Aleria
1087:Vegoia
1015:Lausus
769:With:
724:501 BC
375:MĂĽnzer
313:legate
277:Saturn
254:census
236:Senate
217:Latium
193:Latins
171:Career
116:Larcii
100:consul
81:Flavus
52:Consul
48:Office
1477:Vulci
1437:Spina
1422:Pyrgi
1372:Cumae
1347:Caere
1327:Adria
1092:Vulca
1067:Tages
1050:Raeti
975:Coins
884:Capys
727:with
294:plebs
189:Cures
157:Tiber
121:nomen
85:Rufus
32:Roman
1452:Veii
1352:Ceri
945:and
598:Livy
337:Livy
163:and
145:Lars
138:Rome
128:and
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