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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 ...
The gens Tarquitia was a patrician family at ancient Rome. Few members of this gens appear in history, of whom the most illustrious was Lucius Tarquitius Fiaccus, who was magister equitum in 458 BC. Other Tarquitii are mentioned toward the end of the Republic, but were probably plebeians, rather than descendants of the patrician Tarquitii. [1]
Tarquinia (mother of Lucius Brutus) Tarquinia (daughter of Tarquin the Proud) Lucius Tarquinius Priscus; Arruns Tarquinius (son of Demaratus) Sextus Tarquinius; Lucius Tarquinius Superbus; Titus Tarquinius
Lucius Tarquinius Priscus had two daughters, both of whom are referred to as Tarquinia. Servius Tullius married one daughter, called Tarquinia I. The other daughter, Tarquinia II, who was assumed to be mentioned by Livy and Dionysius of Halicarnassus, married Marcus Junius and by whom she is the mother of Lucius Junius Brutus.
The gens (plural gentes) was a Roman family, of Italic or Etruscan origins, consisting of all those individuals who shared the same nomen and claimed descent from a common ancestor. It was an important social and legal structure in early Roman history. [1] [2] The distinguishing characteristic of a gens was the nomen gentilicium, or gentile name.
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.
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The gens Junia or Iunia was one of the most celebrated families of ancient Rome. The gens may originally have been patrician , and was already prominent in the last days of the Roman monarchy . Lucius Junius Brutus was the nephew of Lucius Tarquinius Superbus , the seventh and last king of Rome, and on the expulsion of Tarquin in 509 BC, he ...