They, much grieved that the truce should have been broken, drove back their own men, and were so angry with the Tarquins as to give up their cause.

He asked which of the girls had contrived the escape, and when Clelia confessed it was herself, he made her a present of a fine horse and its trappings, which she little deserved.
This Valerius was called Publicola, or the people's friend.

He died a year or two later, after so many victories that the Romans honored him among their greatest heroes.

Tarquin still continued to seek support among the different Italian nations, and again attacked the Romans with the help of the Latins.

The chief battle was fought close to Lake Regillus; Aulus Posthumius was the commander, but Marcus Valerius, brother to Publicola, was general of the horse.