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The gens Tarquinia was a plebeian family at ancient Rome, usually associated with Lucius Tarquinius Priscus and Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, the fifth and seventh Kings of Rome. Most of the Tarquinii who appear in history are connected in some way with this dynasty, but a few appear during the later Republic , and others from inscriptions, some ...
At Rome, Tarquin levelled the top of the Tarpeian Rock, overlooking the Forum, and removed a number of ancient Sabine shrines to make way for the Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus on the Capitoline Hill. He constructed tiers of seats in the circus, and ordered the excavation of Rome's great sewer, the cloaca maxima. [16]
Roman tradition held that there were seven kings of Rome who reigned from the city's founding (traditionally dated to 753 BC) [2] by Romulus up to the reign of Tarquin. . Archaeological evidence indicates there were kings in Rome; [12] but most scholars do not believe that the traditional narrative is historical, [13] ascribing its characters and details to later literary inv
Tarquinia's town square, with the city hall (Palazzo Comunale) on the right. Tarquinia (Italian: [tarˈkwiːnja]), formerly Corneto, is an old city in the province of Viterbo, Lazio, Central Italy, known chiefly for its ancient Etruscan tombs in the widespread necropoleis, or cemeteries.
John F. Smith is an American soap opera writer and producer. Smith, formerly a member of Writers Guild of America West, left and maintained financial core status during the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike. [1] [2] Smith is best known for his stints as head writer of The Bold and the Beautiful and The Young and the Restless.
Marcus Popillius Laenas was a four-time consul of the Roman Republic.In the year (according to Varro) 359 BC, he defeated a Gallic army.. Near the end of his consulship with Gnaeus Manlius Capitolinus Imperiosus, the Tarquinians invaded the Roman territories on the Etruscan border, if this Gallic war took place 30 years after the occupation of Rome by the Gauls (in 386/5 BC). [1]
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Lucius Cassius L. f. L. n. Longinus, tribune of the plebs in 104 BC. [9] Quintus Cassius L. f. L. n. Longinus, younger brother of the tribune of 104 BC. [9] Lucius Cassius (L. f. L. n. Longinus), as tribune of the plebs in 89 BC, roused a mob of creditors to lynch the praetor Aulus Sempronius Asellio. Sumner makes him one of the Longini, and ...