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Tarquinius Superbus was besieging Ardea, a city of the Rutulians. The place could not be taken by force, and the Roman army lay encamped beneath the walls. While the king's sons, and their cousin, Tarquinius Collatinus, the son of Egerius, were feasting together, a dispute arose about the virtue of their wives. As nothing was happening in the field, they mounted their horses to pay a surprise visit to their homes. They first went to Rome, where they caught the king's daughters unaware at a splendid banquet. They then hastened to Collatia, and there, though it was late in the night, they found Lucretia, the wife of Collatinus, spinning amid her handmaids.

Soon after, Lucretia sent a message to both her husband and her father, Spurius Lucretius Tricipitinus, telling them everything. She then killed herself. The revolt that followed, led by her husband's friend and cousin, Lucius Junius Brutus, brought to an end the kingship of Lucius Tarquinius Superbus and brought about the beginning of the Roman Republic, Brutus becoming the first consul together with Collatinus. Sextus Tarquinius fled to Gabii, seeking to make himself king, but he was killed in revenge for his past actions.[2]

Moonhater99 (talk) 23:50, 13 November 2020 (UTC)

Lucretia and Tarquin have been the subject of many paintings, including those by great artists.

Examples include:
 * Tarquin and Lucretia by Titian, 1571
 * Tarquin and Lucretia - Tintoretto (c.1578) [4]
 * Lucretia - Rembrandt (1664) [3]
 * Death of Lucretia - Ithell Colquhoun (1931) [5]
 * Suicide of Lucretia - Joos van Cleve (1520-1525)