Regillæ

, or Regillum , a town in the country of the Sabines in Italy, about 20 miles from Rome, celebrated for a battle which was fought there, A.U.C. 258, between 24,000 Romans and 40,000 Etrurians, who were headed by the Tarquins. The Romans obtained the victory, and scarce 10,000 of the enemy escaped from the field of battle. Castor and Pollux, according to some accounts, were seen mounted on white horses, and fighting at the head of the Roman army. Livy , bk. 2 , ch. 16 .— Dionysius of Halicarna us , bk. 5 .— Plutarch , Caius Marcius Coriolanus .— Valerius Maximus , bk. 1 .— Florus , bk. 1 .— Suet on i us , Tiberias , ch. 1 .