Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus
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Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus is traditionally one of the first two consuls of Rome, together with Lucius Junius Brutus.
According to legend, ancient Rome had seven kings. The last of these kings, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, was overthrown in the year 510 BCE after his son had raped noblewoman Lucretia. This revolt was led by the aforementioned Lucius Junius Brutus, an ancestor of the Marcus Brutus who conspired to kill Julius Caesar almost 500 years later. After overthrowing the seventh king of Rome, the Roman Republic was founded. Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus joined Lucius Junius Brutus in the first shared consulship.
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- Livy I 38 57 - 60, II 2
- Dionysius of Halicarnassus IV 64
- Cassius Dio Frag. 24
- Cicero de Republicae. II 25
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- de Off. III 10
[edit] Liens externes
- (Italian)Collatinus on pbmstoria.it
- Collatinus in William Smith: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1870)
| Preceded by Lucius Tarquinius Superbus as King of the Romans |
Consul of the Roman Republic with Lucius Junius Brutus 509 BC |
Succeeded by Publius Lucretius Tricipitinus and Publius Valerius Publicola |
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