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<p>In <a href="/facts/Greek_mythology/M7k4FvW8">Greek</a> and <a href="/facts/Roman_mythology/sA0FnmbG">Roman mythology</a>, Cacus was a <a href="/facts/Fire-breathing_monster/pmNzKQEV">fire-breathing</a> <a href="/facts/Giant/7TmXoTgt">giant</a> and the son of <a href="/facts/Vulcan_(mythology)/GsnuwMWr">Vulcan</a> (<a href="/facts/Plutarch/p3bywktN">Plutarch</a> called him son of <a href="/facts/Hephaestus/Jqqvt8eB">Hephaestus</a>). He was killed by <a href="/facts/Hercules/a0GTSxvm">Hercules</a> after terrorizing the <a href="/facts/Aventine_Hill/4bqtP8Nc">Aventine Hill</a> before the <a href="/facts/Founding_of_Rome/BIB1jEEe">founding of Rome</a>. </p>