Rutuli

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The Rutuli were members of a legendary Italian tribe. According to Virgil's Aeneid, they were led by Turnus, a young Italian prince to whom the hand of Lavinia had been promised by King Latinus. When the Trojans arrived in Italy, Latinus decided to give his daughter to Aeneas because of instructions he had received from the gods to marry his daughter to a foreigner. Turnus was outraged and therefore led his people as well as several other Italian tribes against the Trojans in war. The conflict ended when Aeneas defeated Turnus in single combat and therefore gained the right to marry Lavinia.

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