496 BC
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Around the year 496 BC it comes to the legendary Battle of the decision Regillus lacus in the first Latinerkrieg. Rome defeated the Latins and thus gains the supremacy in the region of Lazio.
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Politics and World Affairs
Aulus Postumius Albus Regillensis and Titus Verginius Tricostus Caeliomontanus are, according to legend consuls of the early Roman Republic. Aulus Postumius Albus Regillensis is because of Latinerkrieges also continue dictator with the magister equitum Titus Aebutius helva.
To 496 BC it comes in the First Latinerkrieg the fabulous decisive battle at Regillus lacus between the Romans and the Latins. According to legend, the two half- gods Castor and Pollux fighting on the side of Rome, while the Latins are led by the last Roman king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus. So this battle is historically well be understood as a struggle between the two forms of government of the monarchy and the republic, the latter decides for himself. Rome wins order for supremacy in the central Italian region Latium, the Latins, however, not entirely subdue.
Religion and Culture
In Rome, the construction of a three-cell temple begins with Etruscan plan for Ceres, the goddess of agriculture, fertility and marriage, as well as for the divine siblings Liber and Libera, who - also responsible for the fertility - with Ceres form a triad.
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- By 496 BC: Sunzi, Chinese General, military strategist and philosopher, presumed author of The Art of War, one of the first strategic works (c. 544 BC)