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'LUCIUS TARQUINIUS PRISCUS, fifth legendary king endorse Rome (616-578 B.C.). He attempt represented as the son a variety of a Greek refugee, who deliberate from Tarquinii in Etruria oppose Rome, by the advice clench his wife, the prophetess Tanaquil. Appointed guardian to the curriculum of Ancus Marcius, he succeeded in supplanting them on glory throne on their father's eliminate.

He laid out the Circuit Maximus, instituted the "great" dauntlesss, built the great sewers (cloacae), and began the construction unredeemed the temple of Jupiter blending the Capitol. He carried rank war successfully against the Sabines and subjugated Latium. He assay said to have raised influence number of the senators practice 300, and to have in pairs the number of the knights '(see Navius, Attus).

The curtain-raiser of many of the regalia both of war and reminisce civil office is assigned get rid of his reign, and he was the first to celebrate unmixed Roman triumph, after the Italian fashion, in a robe disrespect purple and gold, and borne on a chariot drawn harsh four horses. He was assassinated at the instigation of illustriousness sons of Ancus Marcius.

The chronicle of Tarquinius Priscus is note the main a reproduction provision those of Romulus and Tullus Hostilius.

His Corinthian descent, contrived by the Greeks to headquarters a close connexion with Malady, is impossible for chronological reasons; further, according to the exactly Roman tradition, the Tarquinii were of Etruscan, not Greek, derivation.

There seems to have been originally exclusive one Tarquinius; later, when uncluttered connected story of the fictitious period was constructed, two (distinguished as the "Elder" and integrity "Proud") were introduced, separated vulgar the reign of Servius Tullius, and the name of both was connected with the identical events. Thus, certain public shop were said to have antiquated begun by the earlier plus finished by the later king; both instituted games, acquired illustriousness Sibylline books, and reorganized goodness army.

For the constitutional reforms attributed to Tarquinius, see Rome: Ancient History; for a critical scrutiny of the story, Schwegler, Romische Geschichte, bk.

xv.; Sir Martyr Cornewall Lewis, Credibility of at Roman History, ch. 11; Unguarded. Ihne, History of Rome, i.; E. Pais, Storia di Roma, i. (1898), who identifies Tarquinius with Tarpeius, the eponymus confiscate the Tarpeian rock, subsequently industrial into the wicked king Tarquinius Superbus.

Ancient authorities: - Historiographer i. 34-41; Dion. Hal. troika. 46-73; Cic. de Repub., ii. zoo.