Mettius Fufetius succeeded Gaius Cluilius as king of Alba Longa. In book one of his history of Rome, Livy says that Mettius Fufetius betrays the Romans in battle. For this, he was torn in two by chariots running in opposite directions by the Roman kingTullus Hostilius, who destroyed Alba Longa. Gaius Cluilius was the king of Alba Longa during the reign of the Roman king Tullus Hostilius. ... Alba Longa (in Italian sources occasionally written Albalonga) was an ancient city of Latium, in the Alban Hills founder and head of the Latin Confederation; it was destroyed by Rome around the middle of the 7th century BC. // Legendary history According to legend Alba Longa was founded by Ascanius or... A portrait of Titus Livius made long after his death. ... There were seven traditional Kings of Rome before the establishment of the Roman Republic. ... Domus Tullus Hostilius (r. ...
Mettius had an alliance with the Romans while they were rivals of the Alba Longa, but in an important battle he withheld his support. It is for this that he is punished; Vergil later recounts this betrayal and its punishment in the Aeneid Aeneas flees burning Troy, Federico Barocci, 1598 Galleria Borghese, Rome The Aeneid (IPA English pronunciation: ; in Latin Aeneis, pronounced — the title is Greek in form: genitive case Aeneidos) is a Latin epic written by Virgil in the 1st century BC (between 29 and 19 BC) that tells the legendary story...
In the battle itself, Mettius, having provoked the inhabitants of Fidenae to attack Rome, retreated to a hilltop with his Alban forces where he waited to see which force would be victorious; he then planned to join the winning side. Tullus Hostilius, the third king of Rome and the king at that time, after winning the battle said that since Mettius was torn between the two cities, so would his body be: his arms where then attached to two chariots that then ran in opposite directions. The result was naturally fatal and remained a sign to all future allies of Rome not to betray her.
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