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	Tarquinius Priscus Lucius - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Tarquinius Priscus, Lucius (reigned 616-579 bc), according to tradition, the fifth king of Rome and the son of a Corinthian refugee who is said to...
		Lucius Tarquinius Superbus (also called Tarquin the Proud or Tarquin II) was the last of the seven legendary kings of Rome, son of Lucius Tarquinius Priscus and son-in-law of...
		Lucius Tarquinius Priscus (also called Tarquin the Elder or Tarquin I) was the legendary fifth King of Rome, said to have reigned from 616 BC to 579 BC
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	Tarquinius Priscus - Wikipedia
		Lucius Tarquinius Priscus (of Tarquinius I) en zijn echtgenote Tanaquil waren het Romeinse koningspaar dat van 616 tot 578 v.
		Tarquinius' eigenlijke naam was Lucumo (mogelijk het Etruskische woord voor koning).
		Eenmaal in Rome gevestigd, latiniseerde hij zijn naam tot Lucius Tarquinius (naar zijn geboortestad) en wist zich, met zijn vermogen en zijn waardevolle raad, op korte tijd in brede kringen geliefd te maken, niet in het minst bij de regerende koning Ancus Martius.
	nl.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tarquinius_Priscus (525 words)

	Lucius Tarquinius Superbus - Wikipedia
		Tarquinius Superbus gehört zu den drei etruskischen Königen in Rom, deren Geschichtlichkeit heute kaum noch angezweifelt wird.
		Tarquinius Superbus schaltete seine innenpolitischen Gegner in Rom aus und machte politische Reformen seines Vorgängers rückgängig.
		Tarquinius' Söhne dachten, dass ihre biologische Mutter gemeint sei, aber Lucius folgerte, dass das Orakel nicht von seiner leiblichen, sondern von der gemeinsamen Mutter aller Menschen, der Erde, gesprochen haben musste.
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lucius_Tarquinius_Superbus (381 words)

	TARQUINIUS SUPERBUS - LoveToKnow Article on TARQUINIUS SUPERBUS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		, son of Lucius Tarquinius Priscus and son-in-law of Servius Tullius, the seventh and last legendary king of Rome (534510 B.c.).
		Tarquinius appears as a Greek tyrant of the ordinary kind, who surrounds himself with a bodyguard and erects magnificent buildings to keep the people employed; on the other hand, an older tradition represents him as more like Romulus.
		The stratagem by which Tarquinius obtained possession of the town of Gabii is a mere fiction, derived from Greek and Oriental sources.
	30.1911encyclopedia.org /T/TA/TARQUINIUS_SUPERBUS.htm (1927 words)

	Tarquinius Superbus - Wikipedia
		Lucius Tarquinius Superbus (of Tarquinius II de Hoogmoedige) was volgens de oud-Romeinse overlevering de zevende en laatste koning van Rome (534 - 509 v.
		Toen koning Tarquinius, die in die dagen een militaire campagne nabij Ardea leidde, onverwijld naar de stad terugkeerde om de opstand in de kiem te smoren, vond hij de stadspoorten gesloten.
		Tarquinius, die in de strijd zijn zoon Sextus had zien sneuvelen, gaf de strijd op en vluchtte naar Cumae, waar hij later overleed.
	nl.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tarquinius_Superbus (610 words)

	Lucius Tarquinius Priscus - LoveToKnow 1911
		The legend of Tarquinius Priscus is in the main a reproduction of those of Romulus and Tullus Hostilius.
		His Corinthian descent, invented by the Greeks to establish a close connexion with Rome, is impossible for chronological reasons; further, according to the genuine Roman tradition, the Tarquinii were of Etruscan, not Greek, origin.
		There seems to have been originally only one Tarquinius; later, when a connected story of the legendary period was constructed, two (distinguished as the "Elder" and the "Proud") were introduced, separated by the reign of Servius Tullius, and the name of both was connected with the same events.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Lucius_Tarquinius_Priscus (386 words)

	Tarquinius Priscus, Lucius - MSN Encarta
		Lucius Tarquinius Priscus (reigned 616-579 bc), according to tradition, the fifth king of Rome and the son of a Corinthian refugee who is said to have settled at Tarquinii in Etruria.
		Tarquinius was the guardian of the sons of the fourth king of Rome, Ancus Marcius (reigned 640-617 bc), and supplanted them on the death of their father.
		Public works attributed to Tarquinius were the construction of the great sewers, called cloacae; the laying out of the Circus Maximus; and the founding of the temple of the Roman deity Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill (Monte Capitoline).
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761574009/Tarquinius_Priscus_Lucius.html (141 words)

	das roemische imperium - die biographien der koenige und kaiser roms
		Tarquinius Priscus stammte aus der etruskischen Stadt Tarquinii und hiess eigentlich Lucumo.
		Priscus wurde in der römischen Provinz Syrien geboren, vielleicht in Damaskus, als Sohn des Julius Marinus, eines lokalen römischen Bürgers von wohl einiger Wichtigkeit.
		Priscus hatte den Oberbefehl in den östlichen Provinzen und wird in Inschriften aus dieser Zeit als rector Orientis bezeichnet.
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	LUCIUS TARQUINIUS SUPERBUS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Lucius Tarquinius Superbus war der Sage nach der siebte König von Rom.
		Tarquinius Superbus (534-510 v.Chr.) gehört zu den drei etruskischen Königen in Rom, deren Geschichtlichkeit heute kaum noch angezweifelt wird.
		Danach folgte Tarquinius Superbus, der Enkel des römischen Königs Tarquinius Priscus (618-578 v.Chr.), dem Schwiegervater und König Servius Tullius (578-534 v.Chr.) nach, nachdem Letzterer angeblich einem Staatsstreich zum Opfer gefallen war.
	www.toonorama.com /encyclopedia/L/Lucius_Tarquinius_Superbus (225 words)

	Tarquinius Priscus, Lucius - MSN Encarta
		Tarquinius Priscus, Lucius (reigned 616-c.578 bc), according to tradition, the fifth of the kings of Rome and the son of a Corinthian refugee who is said to have settled at Tarquinii in Etruria.
		Tarquinius was the guardian of the sons of the fourth king of Rome, Ancus Marcius (reigned 641-616 bc), and supplanted them on the death of their father.
		Public works attributed to Tarquinius were the construction of the great sewers, called cloacae; the Circus Maximus; and the temple of the Roman deity Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761574009/Tarquinius_Priscus_Lucius.html (118 words)

	Lucius Tarquinius Superbus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lucius Tarquinius Superbus (also called Tarquin the Proud or Tarquin II) was the last of the seven legendary kings of Rome, son of Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, and son-in-law of Servius Tullius.
		Tarquin's reign was characterised by bloodshed and violence; his son Sextus Tarquinius's rape of Lucretia precipitated a revolt, lead by Lucretia's kinsman Lucius Junius Brutus.
		The uprising resulted in the expulsion of the entire royal family, after Tarquin had reigned for twenty-five years, and Brutus became one of the first consuls of the Roman Republic.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lucius_Tarquinius_Superbus (554 words)

	Tales of Rome
		Servius Tullius was the son-in-law of Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, and was the sixth king of Rome (578-534 BC).
		Tarquinius Superbus was either the son or grandson of Lucius Tarquinius Priscus.
		Lucius Junius Brutus and Marcus Horatius Pulvillus were the first of the two to be elected as consuls in the new constitution.
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	Lucretia 2, Greek Mythology Link.
		Tarquinius Priscus was son of Demaratus of Corinth, who had left his country on account of political troubles.
		Tarquinius Priscus was succeeded by Servius Tullius, said to be the son of Hephaestus and Ocresia.
		Tarquinius Collatinus is son of Egerius, son of Arruns 2, son of Demaratus of Corinth and a Tarquinian woman.
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	Tarquin on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Through the influence of Priscus' wife, Tanaquil, the plot was halted and the kingship passed to Servius Tullius, Priscus' son-in-law.
		Lucius Junius Brutus and Collatinus were elected consuls, and Tarquin fled north and appealed to Etruria to restore him to his throne.
		The two sons of Lucius Junius Brutus (see under Brutus), in opposition to the policy of their father, headed a conspiracy within Rome to restore Tarquin, but it failed.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/T/Tarquin.asp (641 words)

	The History of Etruria
		There is archaeological evidence is that only with the first of the Etruscan kings, Lucius Tarquinius Priscus (616-578) came a clearing of all the old huts and the foundation of a city in accordance with Etruscan ritual.
		Tarquinius Priscus was the son of a Greek who went to live in Tarquinii, in Etruria, from which he moved to Rome on the advice of his Etruscan wife, the prophet Tanaquil upon seeing an apparition of a dismembered head (which was to signify that Rome would become the "Head of all Italy").
		The defeat of Tarquinius Priscus by Servius Tullius was probably the result of conflict between the interests of two or three Etruscan cities, probably Tarquinia, Vulci and Veii.
	www.mysteriousetruscans.com /history2.html (2727 words)

	LUCIUS TARQUINIUS PRISCUS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Lucius Tarquinius Priscus war der Sage nach fünfter Römischer König.
		Tarquinius Priscus stammte aus der etruskischen Stadt Tarquinii und hieß eigentlich Lucumo.
		Tarquinius Priscus verdoppelte die Größe der Centurien auf 1.800 Personen.
	www.toonorama.com /encyclopedia/L/Lucius_Tarquinius_Priscus (396 words)

	Lucius Tarquinius Priscus
		Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, also called Tarquin I, fifth legendary king of Rome, is represented as the son of a Greek refugee who removed from Tarquinii[?] in Etruria to Rome, by the advice of his wife, the prophetess Tanaquil.
		Appointed guardian to the sons of Ancus Marcius, he succeeded in supplanting them on the throne on their father's death.
		Text lightly edited from a paper copy of the 9th edition EB
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/lu/Lucius_Tarquinius_Priscus.html (187 words)

	Kings of Rome
		Tarquinius Priscus, (Tarquinius I) the first Etruscan monarch, succeeded Marcius as the fifth King ruling from 616 - 579 BC.
		Lucius Junius Brutus and Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus went on to become the first Consuls of this new government.
		A descendent of Lucius Junius Brutus, "founder of the Republic", was one Marcus Junius Brutus.
	www.unrv.com /empire/kings-of-rome.php (915 words)

	Encyclopedia: Augur (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		According to Livy, Tarquinius was involved in a Sabine war at the time.
		Tarquinius thought he had Attius trapped, because what he had been thinking was that Attius should cut a whetstone in half with a razor.
		Tarquin may mean either of two kings of ancient Rome: Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, fifth king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, Tarquin the Proud, seventh and last king This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title.
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	Lucius Tarquinius Superbus
		Lucius Tarquinius Superbus (Tarquin the Proud) a descendant from an Etruscan family (he was the son of Lucius Tarquinius Priscus) was the legendary seventh (and the last) king of ancient Rome.
		Eventually a group of senators led by Lucius Junius Brutus (another Etruscan nobleman) raised a revolt.The romantic reason traditionally given for the deposition of Tarquin was the rape of Lucretia by his son Sextus Tarquinius.
		After the subsequent suicide of Lucretia, her husband, Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus, and the Brutus family (to which Lucretia belonged) raised a rebellion.
	www.unrv.com /bio/lucius-tarquinius-superbus.php (477 words)

	die sieben mythischen könige roms
		Lucius Tarquinius Priscus soll der Sohn eines korinthischen Flüchtlings sein, der sich in Tarquinii niedergelassen haben soll.
		Tarquinius Superbus besetzte mit jungen Anhängern das Senatsgebäude und bestieg den königlichen Thron.
		Dieser konnte ihm ebenfalls nicht zur Machtwiedergewinnung verhelfen, worauf Tarquinius Superbus sich nach Tusculum zurückzog.
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	Lucius Tarquinius Superbus Beschreibung in Library - Definition und Buch-Tipp.
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		Tarquinius Superbus (534-510 v.Chr.) gehört zu den drei etruskischen Königen in Rom, deren Geschichtlichkeit heute kaum noch angezweifelt wird.
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	lucius tarquinius superbus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Lucius Tarquinius Superbus (also called Tarquin the Great or Tarquin II for short) was the last of the seven legendary kings of Rome, son of Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, and son-in-law of Servius Tullius.
		He immediately succeeded the latter without any election and proceeded at once to repeal the recent reforms in the constitution, seeking to establish a pure despotism in their place.
		Even though the powerful Etruscan lord Lars Porsena of Clusium (modern Chiusi) backed Tarquin's return, all efforts to force his way back to the throne were in vain, and he died a lonely and childless old man at Cumae in Etruria.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /lucius_tarquinius_superbus.html (338 words)

	History of Rome
		Tarquinius was banished, and attempts by Etruscan or Latin cities to reinstate him on the throne at Rome were unavailing.
		On the overthrow of Tarquinius Superbus a republic was established.
		In Sulla's absence Lucius Cornelius Cinna, a leader of the popular party and a bitter opponent of Sulla, attempted to carry out the reforms originally proposed by Sulpicius, but he was driven from Rome.
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	BRUTUS2
		Unfortunately, the ambitious Lucius was wed to the unambitious daughter of Servius, whereas his mild-mannered brother Arruns was wed to her ambitious sister.
		After is the destination tag.he had increased his influence, Lucius Tarquinius and an armed guard went to the Forum, where he sat on the king's throne and called himself king.
		Tarquinius decided to dispatch his sons Titus and Arruns to make inquiry at Apollo's oracle at Delphi and sent with them Brutus as a butt for their amusement.
	phoenixandturtle.net /excerptmill/brutus3.htm (966 words)

	Articles - Roman Kingdom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Tarquinius Priscus was not only Rome’s fifth King but also the first of Etruscan birth.
		Lucretia’s kinsman, Lucius Junius Brutus (ancestor to Marcus Brutus), summoned the Senate and had Tarquinius and the monarchy expelled from Rome in 510 BC.
		Lucius Junius Brutus and Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus, a member of the Tarquin family and Lucretia's widower, went on to become the first Consuls of Rome’s new government.
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		Lucius Tarquinius Superbus has supposedly consulted a sibyl during his reign.
		Abandoning Servius Tullius' policy of peace, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus made was with a tribe that inhabited the southeastern section of Latium.
		Tarquinius Collatinus (Collatinus was Tarquin Superbus' nephew - not cousin!) 64.
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	LUCIUS TARQUINIUS PRISCUS - Online Information article about LUCIUS TARQUINIUS PRISCUS
		Veii attempted to restore Tarquinius Superbus to the throne after his See also:
		legend of Tarquinius Priscus is in the See also:
		MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /SUS_TAV/TARQUINIUS_PRISCUS_LUCIUS.html (1202 words)

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