Tarquin

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• In the outcry that followed her death, Tarquin—whose power had been declining anyhow—was deposed and Rome became a republic (36).

  Academic text (2004)

• According to legend, the immediate cause for expulsion was the behavior of Tarquin's son Sextus, who raped a kingsman's wife, Lucretia, causing her to stab herself in shame.

  Academic text (2004)

• This date, too, is tied to the legend, which states that Rome had three Etruscan kings; the last of them was Tarquin the Proud.

  Academic text (2004)

• According to legend, Tarquin was the last of the Etruscan kings of Rome, known for his cruelty.

• Many stories tell of the tyranny of Tarquin, who ruled Rome before its transformation into a republic.

Synonyms

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Tarquinius

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• Literature

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A king from legend who was the seventh and last Etruscan ruler of Rome, expelled for cruelty

is the same figure but presented without the Latin short name

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Tarquin the Proud

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• Literature

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A cruel early king of Rome who was overthrown

is the same figure but named in a plain short form

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Tarquinius Superbus

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• Literature

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The seventh and last king of Rome who people drove out for being cruel

is the same figure but referred to without the family name form

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Lucius Tarquinius Superbus

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The last king of Rome who ruled cruelly and lost his throne

is the same figure but named less formally without the full Roman praenomen

Surface Forms

Etymology