User:Romalicious753/Lucius Tarquinius Priscus

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).

His wife was the the prophet Tanaquil. 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.

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.

who received auxiliaries from five Etruscan cities (Remove)

Etruscan cities who had taken part in the war

Rome was enriched by Tarquin's plunder.

Tarquin received a fatal blow to the head by an ax.

Lucius and Arruns.

preferred him to her own sons.

Rise to Power
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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.

Military Conquest
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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.

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. 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.

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Shows of Triumph
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Tarquinius was the first Roam 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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