Ancus Marcius (reigned 640-617 bc), according to tradition, the fourth king of Rome. According to ancient historians, he tried to restore in Rome the almost forgotten worship of the gods. He was forced to engage in wars with aggressive neighboring Latin tribes and with the Etruscans. Ancus Marcius is believed to have established the class of plebeians from among his Latin prisoners settled on the Aventine Hill and to have built the port of Ostia. From the evidence of a prison for public criminals, built in his day, some historians have concluded that he made a distinction between public and private crimes.
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