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This article is about the fifth Roman King. For other articles about Roman kings named Tarquinius see Lucius Tarquinius Superbus. For other members of the Roman gen see Tarquinia (gens). The article will cover his rise to power, political reforms, wars with surrounding nations, building constructions and eventual death.
His wife was the the prophet Tanaquil.[1]
Not much is known about the early life of Lucius Tarquinius Priscus. According to Livy, Tarquin came from Etruria.
However, he was prohibited from obtaining political office in Tarquinii because of the ethnicity of his father, Demaratus, who came from the Greek city of Corinth. As a result, his wife Tanaquil advised him to relocate to Rome.
The king himself noticed
King Ancus Marcius noticed
Making him the first Roman king to ever to actively succeeded at lobbing for the throne.[2]
After a great flood, Tarquin drained the damp lowlands of Rome by constructing the Cloaca Maxima, Rome's great sewer. The arch was constructed in 578 B.C and stole inspiration from Etruscan structures of the earlier period.[3]
who received auxiliaries from five Etruscan cities (Remove)
Etruscan cities who had taken part in the war[4]
Rome was enriched by Tarquin's plunder.[5]
Tarquin received a fatal blow to the head by an ax.
preferred him to her own sons.[7]
King of Rome[edit]
Rise to Power[edit]
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Marcius' natural sons, who were still only youths.[8]
Political Reform[edit]
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from whom the first emperor, Augustus, was descended. He did so with the hope that those added to the Senate would be grateful for their position and so loyalty to him, thus strengthening his rule as king.[9]
Military Conquest[edit]
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Tarquin's first war was waged against the Latins. Tarquinius took the Latin town of Apiolae by storm and took great booty from there back to Rome. According to the Fasti Triumphales, this war must have occurred prior to 588 BC. The Latins claimed that peace treaties developed by Romulus and the other Roman kings no longer applied and such launched the first set of attacks. Seeing the opportunity to incorporate the Latins into Rome's ranks, Tarquin quickly responded conquering multiple Latin cities. As a result, the Latins requested help from the Sabines and Etruscans. Choosing not to split up his military power, Tarquin choose to keep the attack on the Latins leading to a Roman victory.[10]
After conquering the Latins Tarquin began his assault on the Sabines. having their basecamp at the corner of two rivers. The Sabines were able to move their troops quickly and efficiently. Using his military cunning Tarquin choose to launch a surprise attack on the base at night. He did this by setting a fleet of small boats a flame and then sending them down the river to set the Sabine camp on fire. While the Sabines' were focused on dowsing the flames, Tarquin and his troops moved in to dismantle the camp.[11] Later his military ability was again tested by an attack from the Sabines...
Tarquin also wished to seek peace with the Etruscans, but they refused.
Construction[edit]
The Circus Maximus started out as an underwhelming piece of land, but was built into a grand and beautiful stadium... Raised...for private citizens. It was given the name CM as a way to set it apart from the other stadiums built at this time in a similar fashion.[12]
Shows of Triumph[edit]
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Tarquinius was the first Roman ruler to ever celebrate a Roman triumph.... As a result, most classical Roman symbols for war harken back to his time as king.
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- ^ "Tarquin | king of Rome [616-578 bc]". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
- ^ Livius], Livy [Titus (2008-08-14), "Book Three", Oxford World's Classics: Livy: The Rise of Rome: Books One to Five, Oxford University Press, pp. 140–140, ISBN 978-0-19-954004-4, retrieved 2020-12-04
- ^ Campbell, Nicole (2001-07). "Columbia Encyclopedia 6th edition2001357Columbia University Press; Bartleby.com, Online edition. Columbia Encyclopedia 6th edition. Internet URL: http://www.bartleby.com/65/: Publisher e‐mail: webmaster@bartleby.com 2001. , ISSN: is Last visited: May 2001". Reference Reviews. 15 (7): 6–6. doi:10.1108/rr.2001.15.7.6.357. ISSN 0950-4125.
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- ^ "<italic>Outlines of Greek History, with a Survey of Ancient Oriental Nations</italic>, By William C. Morey, Ph.D., D.C.L. (New York: The American Book Company. 1903. Pp. 378.)". The American Historical Review. 1905-01. doi:10.1086/ahr/10.2.371. ISSN 1937-5239.
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- ^ Levy. Ab urbe condita. 1:39.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ Henry Dyer, Thomas (1868). The History of the Kings of Rome. Lippincott. pp. 230–270.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Penella, Robert J. (2004-12). "The Ambitio of Livy's Tarquinius Priscus". The Classical Quarterly. 54 (2): 630–635. doi:10.1093/clquaj/bmh068. ISSN 0009-8388.
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- ^ Halicarnassus, Dionysius. Rhōmaïkḕ Arkhaiología.
- ^ Gellius, Aulus (1968-03-13), "Noctes Atticae", Oxford Classical Texts: Aulus Gellius Noctes Atticae, Vol. 1: Libri I–X, Oxford University Press, pp. 1–1, ISBN 978-0-19-814651-3, retrieved 2020-12-04