Rutulians

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The Rutulians were an ancient Italic people of Latium, best known from Roman myth as fierce warriors led by Turnus who opposed Aeneas and the Trojans in Virgil’s Aeneid.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Italic people
ancient people
alliedWith Turnus NERFINISHED
associatedWithCity Ardea NERFINISHED
capital Ardea NERFINISHED
chiefCity Ardea NERFINISHED
conflictWith Trojan settlers in Latium
culturalReputation brave in battle
culture Italic culture
describedAs fierce warriors
describedBy Virgil NERFINISHED
ethnicGroupOf Latium NERFINISHED
ethnonymLanguage Latin
fateInMyth defeated by Aeneas and allies
featuredInGenre epic poetry
foughtIn mythic war between Trojans and Italians
historicity partly uncertain
knownFrom Roman mythology
Virgil's Aeneid NERFINISHED
languageFamily Italic languages
ledBy Turnus NERFINISHED
locatedIn Latium NERFINISHED
ancient Italy
mentionedIn Aeneid Book 10 NERFINISHED
Aeneid Book 11 NERFINISHED
Aeneid Book 7 NERFINISHED
Aeneid Book 9 NERFINISHED
mythologicalStatus semi-legendary people
neighboringPeoples Etruscans NERFINISHED
Latins NERFINISHED
opposed Aeneas NERFINISHED
Trojans NERFINISHED
politicalOrganization city-based community
region central Italy
religion polytheism
roleInAeneid main opposing Italian people
roleInMythology enemies of Aeneas
sourceTextLanguage Latin
timePeriod pre-Roman Italy

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Turnus leads Rutulians