Ancus Martius

, the fourth king of Rome, was grandson to Numa by his daughter. He waged a succe ful war against the Latins, Veientes, Fidenates, Volsci, and Sabines, and joined mount Janiculum to the city by a bridge, and inclosed mount Martius and the Aventine within the walls of the city. He extended the confines of the Roman territories to the sea, where he built the town of Ostia, at the mouth of the Tiber. He inherited the valour of Romulus with the moderation of Numa. He died B.C. 616, after a reign of 24 years, and was succeeded by Tarquin the elder. Dionysius of Halicarna us , bk. 3 , ch. 9 .— Livy , bk. 1 , ch. 32 , . — Florus , bk. 1 , ch. 4 .— Virgil , Æneid , bk. 6 , li. 815 .