Editing Tullus Hostilius (section)

===Wars with Alba Longa===
The battle of Alba Longa was settled by having two sets of triplets, one born in Alba Longa and one in Rome, fight for their city. The last person standing alive would be the winner, and his city would win the war without having their armies engage in battle. The story states that these triplets were singled out as champions of both cities.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=Titus Livius (Livy), The History of Rome, Book 1, chapter 24|url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0026:book=1:chapter=24|access-date=2020-12-08|website=www.perseus.tufts.edu}}</ref> According to Livy, the triplets were named [[Horatii and Curiatii]], and the majority believed that the Horatii belonged to Rome and the Curiatii to Alba Longa, though this is not certain.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Titus Livius (Livy), The History of Rome, Book 1, chapter 24|url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0026:book=1:chapter=24|access-date=2020-12-12|website=www.perseus.tufts.edu}}</ref> After battling for a long time, one of the Roman brothers was victorious, and in the legend, Rome, under Tullus Hostilius, was said to have emerged victorious.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Titus Livius (Livy), The History of Rome, Book 1, chapter 25|url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0026:book=1:chapter=25|access-date=2020-12-12|website=www.perseus.tufts.edu}}</ref>

The Alban dictator [[Mettius Fufetius]] betrayed Rome during the war with the Etruscans, where Rome requested Alban military assistance, which Mettius agreed to, but also had a secret agreement with the Etruscans to desert Rome in the heat of battle, leaving Tullus alone to fight the battle. Mettius also betrayed the Etruscans by not joining in the battle at all.<ref name=":022">{{Citation|last=Neel|first=Jaclyn|chapter=Alba Longa|date=2015-06-30|encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Ancient History|pages=1–2|publisher=John Wiley & Sons |doi=10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah25024|isbn=978-1-4443-3838-6}}</ref> Tullus won the battle despite the betrayal.  Mettius was taken prisoner by Tullus.<ref name=":4" />

Roman tradition holds that Tullus ordered Alba Longa to be destroyed and forced the migration of the Alban citizenry to Rome, where they were integrated and became Roman citizens. According to Livy, Tullus ordered Mettius Fufetius to be executed by being torn apart between two chariots, a method described as unprecedented and never repeated in Roman practice.<ref name=":022"/> According to Livy, this was the first and last time the Romans used this method of execution.<ref name=":022"/>