Editing Tullus Hostilius (section)

===Construction of the Curia Hostilia===
Tullus's second alleged historical accomplishment was the construction of the original Roman Senate house, the [[Curia Hostilia]]. After the incorporation of leaders from Alba Longa into the senate, it became necessary to erect a new building to accommodate the now much bigger Roman Senate. Thus the Curia Hostilla was built.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Titus Livius (Livy), The History of Rome, Book 1, chapter 30|url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0026:book=1:chapter=30|access-date=2020-12-12|website=www.perseus.tufts.edu}}</ref> It was universally held by tradition to have been built by—and named in honor of—Tullus, and its remains on the northwestern edge of the [[Roman Forum|Forum]] have been dated to around 600 BC.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|last=Cornell|first=T. J.|title=The Beginnings of Rome: Italy and Rome from the Bronze Age to the Punic Wars (c. 1000–264 BC)|publisher=Routledge|year=1995|location=London and New York|pages=71}}</ref> Although that date falls well outside the traditionally-ascribed period of Tullus Hostilius' reign, scholars are dubious regarding the tales of the overly-long reigns of the Roman kings—with an average reign of 34 years per king, the traditional chronology would be without historical parallel (the English monarchy, where monarchs have reigned for an average of 21 years{{or|reason=By what definition? Does this include British (post-1707) monarchs? Pre-Conquest kings? Does it count kings who were deposed and later restored (Æthelred the Unready, Henry VI, Edward VI) as one reign or two? Does it count the Interregnum as part of Charles II's reign? Does it factor in co-monarchs (Mary I/Philip, William/Mary II)? Who chose these definitions?|date=January 2024}}). Recent archaeological research supports historian [[Tim Cornell]]'s proposal of a more plausible chronology which contracts the regal period from 240 years to around 120 years. This places the historical accomplishments of the kings between 625 BC—the date that the archaeological record shows the first signs of Rome's [[urbanisation]] and unification—and 500 BC.<ref name=":2" /> Using this timeframe, the construction of the Curia Hostilia is possible during the reign of Tullus Hostilius. It would also explain things which are otherwise puzzling: Tullus's name being attached to the building, and how, as Roman traditions attest, Tullus could have led Rome's successful wars against the [[Roman-Etruscan Wars#Second War with Fidenae and Veii.2C under Tullus Hostilius|Fidenae and Veii]] and the [[Roman-Sabine wars#War with Tullus Hostilius|Sabines]].