In any case, by the reign of Tullus Hostilius, Rome and Alba Longa had become bitter rivals over religious and trading issues. Alba Longa was the lead city in a loose alliance of other towns in Latium. Although there exists no chronicle of the Roman conquest of Alba Longa and the events that led up to it, it appears that Rome eliminated her rival sometime during the Sixth Century B.C. Far from being a vindictive conqueror, Rome welcomed her vanquished rivals as friends. The aristocratic families of Alba Longa settled on the Capitoline and other hills around Rome and soon formed an important part of Roman society.
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