Editing Tullus Hostilius (section)

== In fiction ==
Incidents from legends surrounding Tullus Hostilius were used as the basis of [[Libretto|opera librettos]] during the baroque period in music, beginning with a ''Tullo Ostilio'' opera performed in Rome in 1694 with music of [[Giovanni Bononcini]]. Operatic pastiches with the title ''Tullo Ostilio'' performed in [[Prague]] in 1727 and [[Brno]] in 1735 included music of [[Antonio Vivaldi]]. Consistent with contemporary conventions, the stories concentrate on concocted love stories involving members of the principal character's family.

Tullus Hostilius was played by [[Robert Keith (actor)|Robert Keith]] in the 1961 film ''[[Duel of Champions]]'', which centered around the [[Horatii]].

Tullus is briefly mentioned twice in the ''[[Aeneid]]. Once, [[Anchises]] named him when he list the descendance Romulus where he is said to rouse untriumphit men to major succes. Again,'' in the description of [[Aeneas]]' shield. He is described as hauling away the remains of the liar Mettius through the brush.

He is a character in [[Philip José Farmer]]'s novel ''[[To Your Scattered Bodies Go]]'', the first of the ''[[Riverworld]]'' series. After the Resurrection, he has teamed up with [[Hermann Göring]] to run a slave state.