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Seventh and last King of Rome

Lucius Tarquinius Superbus (died &#;BC) was the legendary seventh and final king of Rome, reigning 25 years until the popular uprising that led to the establishment of the Roman Republic.^[1] He is commonly known as Tarquin the Proud, from his cognomenSuperbus (Latin for "proud, arrogant, lofty").^[2]

Ancient accounts of the regal period mingle history and legend.

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Brief history of italy

When was italy founded

Tarquin was said to have been either the son or grandson of Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, the fifth king of Rome, and to have gained the throne through the murders of both his wife and his elder brother, followed by the assassination of his predecessor, Servius Tullius.

His reign has been described as a tyranny that justified the abolition of the monarchy.

Background

The most ancient sources, such as that of Quintus Fabius Pictor, assert Tarquin was the son of Tarquinius Priscus, but modern historians believe that to be "impossible" und