Editing Ancus Marcius (section)

==War==
[[File:Ancus-Martius.jpg|thumb|left|Fictional 16th-century depiction in the ''[[Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum]]'']]
According to [[Livy]], the accession of Ancus emboldened the [[Latin League]], who assumed that the new king would follow the pious pursuit of peace adopted by his grandfather, [[Numa Pompilius]]. The Latins accordingly made an incursion on Roman lands, and gave a contemptuous reply to a Roman embassy seeking restitution for the damage. Ancus responded by [[Roman–Latin wars#First war with Rome|declaring war]] on the Latins. Livy says that this event was notable as the first time that the Romans declared war by means of the rites of the [[fetial]]s.<ref name="Livy1:32"/>
[[File:Numa Pompilius and Ancus Marcius coin 1.gif|thumb|A coin depicting Ancus Marcius and Numa Pompilius side-by-side]]
[[File:Collegio elettorale di Roma-Lido di Ostia 1994-2001 (CD).png|thumb|Ostia on a map of Rome (highlighted in bright red)]]
Ancus Marcius marched from Rome with a newly levied army and took the Latin town of [[Politorium]] (situated near the town of [[Lanuvium]]) by storm. Its residents were removed to settle on the [[Aventine Hill]] in Rome as new citizens, following the Roman traditions from wars with the [[Sabines]] and [[Alba Longa|Albans]]. When the other Latins subsequently occupied the empty town of Politorium, Ancus took the town again and demolished it.<ref name="Livy1:33">[[Livy]], ''[[Ab urbe condita libri (Livy)|Ab Urbe Condita]]'', [[s:From the Founding of the City/Book 1#33|1:33]]</ref> The Latin villages of Tellenae and Ficana were also sacked and demolished.

The war then focused on the Latin town of [[Medullia]]. The town had a strong garrison and was well fortified. Several engagements took place outside the town and the Romans were eventually victorious. Ancus returned to Rome with a large amount of loot. More Latins were brought to Rome as citizens and were settled at the foot of the Aventine near the [[Palatine Hill]], by the temple of [[Murcia (mythology)|Murcia]].

Ancus Marcius incorporated the [[Janiculum]] into the city, fortifying it with a wall and connecting it with the city by a wooden bridge across the [[Tiber]],<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|inline=y|wstitle=Ancus Marcius|volume=1|page=953}}</ref> the [[Pons Sublicius]]. To protect the bridge from enemy attacks, Ancus had the end that was facing the Janiculum fortified.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Ogilvie|first=R.M.|title=A Commentary On Livy: Books 1-5|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1965|location=Oxford: Clarendon; Toronto|pages=137}}</ref> Ancus also took over Fidenea to expand Rome's influence across the Tiber.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Griffith |first1=Alison B. |title=The Pons Sublicius in Context: Revisiting Rome's First Public Work |journal=Phoenix |date=2009 |volume=63 |issue=3/4 |pages=296–321 |doi=10.1353/phx.2009.0025 |id={{ProQuest|747236391}} |jstor=25747981 |s2cid=163484984 }}</ref> 
On the land side of the city he constructed the [[Fossa Quiritium]], a ditch fortification. He also built Rome's first prison, the [[Mamertine Prison|Mamertine prison]].<ref name="Livy1:33"/> 

He then extended the Roman territory, founding the port of [[Ostia Antica (archaeological site)|Ostia]],<ref>{{Cite book|last=Beard|first=Mary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yKL4CQAAQBAJ&q=Ancus+Marcius|title=SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome|date=2015-11-09|publisher=W. W. Norton & Company|isbn=978-1-63149-125-2|language=en}}</ref> establishing salt-works around the port,<ref name="EB1911"/><ref>{{Cite book|last=Bedoyere|first=Guy de la|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_rZ52tEMgg0C&q=Ancus+Marcius&pg=PT204|title=The Romans For Dummies|date=2011-02-18|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-1-119-99788-7|language=en}}</ref> and taking the Silva Maesia, an area of coastal forest north of the [[Tiber]], from the [[Veii|Veientes]]. 
He expanded the [[temple of Jupiter Feretrius]] to reflect these territorial successes.<ref name="Livy1:33"/> 
According to a reconstruction of the [[Fasti Triumphales]], Ancus Marcius celebrated at least one triumph, over the [[Sabines]] and Veientes.