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Suzerain places the player in the role of Anton Rayne, the newly-elected president of the fictitious Republic of Sordland, which has emerged from a civil war and twenty years of authoritarianism under the regime of former President Tarquin Soll, as well as a severe economic recession under Rayne's predecessor, Ewald Alphonso. As president, the ...
The Kunsthistorisches Museum now calls this figure Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus, Lucretia's husband, [3] but the Royal Collection identifies him as her rapist, Sextus Tarquinius (known as Tarquin), [2] as do most sources. [4] Her husband was present at her death, according to most of the differing Roman accounts of the story, and Tarquin was not.
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Tarquin abruptly refused, and the Sibyl proceeded to burn three of the nine. She then offered him the remaining books, but at the same price. He hesitated, but refused again. The Sibyl then burned three more books before offering him the three remaining books at the original price. At last, Tarquin accepted, in this way obtaining the Sibylline ...
After Tarquin raped Lucretia, flames of dissatisfaction were kindled over the tyrannical methods of Tarquin's father, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, the last king of Rome. As a result, the prominent families instituted a republic, drove the extensive royal family of Tarquin from Rome, and successfully defended the republic against attempted ...
Engraving by Giulio Tomba, 1801. Tarquinius and Lucretia (Italian: Tarquinio e Lucrezia) is an oil on canvas painting, measuring 163.5 × 117 cm. [1] The picture came into the possession of the Accademia Nazionale di San Luca in Rome in 1842, [3] apparently because it was left at some remote date in the gallery's charge and never reclaimed. [10]
Lucius Tarquinius Priscus (Classical Latin: [tarˈkʷɪniʊs ˈpriːskʊs]), or Tarquin the Elder, was the legendary fifth king of Rome and first of its Etruscan dynasty. He reigned for thirty-eight years. [ 1 ]
Tarquinia L. f., daughter of the elder Tarquin, married Servius Tullius, and was the mother of the two Tulliae. [21] [22] Lucius Tarquinius L. f. Superbus, the seventh and last king of Rome, was the son, or more likely grandson, of the elder Tarquin.