sentences:  Duels between individual warriors are depicted in the "Iliad", including those between Menelaus and Paris and later between Achilles and Hector.The Hebrew Bible also includes a few accounts of single combat, the most famous being David versus Goliath.Single combat is mentioned quite frequently in the history of ancient Rome – Romulus defeated Acro, king of Caenina for the spolia opima; the Horatii's defeat of the Alba Longan Curiatii in the 7th century BC is reported by Livy to have settled a war in Rome's favor and subjected Alba Longa to Rome; Aulus Cornelius Cossus defeated Lars Tolumnius, king of the Veientes in single combat and took the spolia opima.