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. During his second consulship, he successfully carried on war against the Sabines. That same year, the Aequi attacked the allied city of '' Tusculum'' and defeated his colleague, Minucius. Nautius Rutilus returned to Rome to oversee the Roman Senate electing a '' dictator'',

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, to deal with the invaders. Nautius was probably the brother, or perhaps the son of Spurius Nautius Rutilus, consul in 488 BC.

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