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'''Turnus Herdonius''' was a chief of [[Aricia, Italy|Aricia]] in [[Latium]]. He inveighed against the arrogance of [[Tarquinius Superbus]], and warned his countrymen against putting trust in him. Tarquinius accused him of plotting his death. Witnesses were suborned, and weapons were conveyed by treacherous slaves into the place where Herdonius lodged. His guilt was therefore inferred, and Herdonius was condemned by the great assembly of the Latins, and drowned in the Aqua Ferentina.<ref>[[Livy]] ''Roman History'' 1.50, 1.51</ref><ref>[[Dionysius of Halicarnassus]] ''Roman Antiquities'' 4.45—4.48</ref> |
'''Turnus Herdonius''' was a chief of [[Aricia, Italy|Aricia]] in [[Latium]]. He inveighed against the arrogance of [[Tarquinius Superbus]], and warned his countrymen against putting trust in him. Tarquinius accused him of plotting his death. Witnesses were suborned, and weapons were conveyed by treacherous slaves into the place where Herdonius lodged. His guilt was therefore inferred, and Herdonius was condemned by the great assembly of the Latins, and drowned in the Aqua Ferentina.<ref>[[Livy]] ''Roman History'' 1.50, 1.51</ref><ref>[[Dionysius of Halicarnassus]] ''Roman Antiquities'' 4.45—4.48</ref> |
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Turnus Herdonius was a chief of Aricia in Latium. He inveighed against the arrogance of Tarquinius Superbus, and warned his countrymen against putting trust in him. Tarquinius accused him of plotting his death. Witnesses were suborned, and weapons were conveyed by treacherous slaves into the place where Herdonius lodged. His guilt was therefore inferred, and Herdonius was condemned by the great assembly of the Latins, and drowned in the Aqua Ferentina.[1][2]
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- ^ Livy Roman History 1.50, 1.51
- ^ Dionysius of Halicarnassus Roman Antiquities 4.45—4.48
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