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Tarquinius

noun
1.
According to legend, the seventh and last Etruscan king of Rome who was expelled for his cruelty (reigned from 534 to 510 BC).  Synonyms: Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, Tarquin, Tarquin the Proud, Tarquinius Superbus.






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... the second kings since the Conquest have been unfortunate." It may be worth the while to add (what is remarked by Mr. Matthews in his Diary of an Invalid), that the number six has been considered at Rome as ominous of misfortune. Tarquinius Sextus was the very worst of the Tarquins, and his brutal conduct led to a revolution in the government; under Urban the Sixth, the great schism of the West broke out; Alexander the Sixth outdid ...
— Notes and Queries, Number 212, November 19, 1853 • Various



Words linked to "Tarquinius" :   Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, male monarch, Tarquin the Proud, Rex, king, Tarquinius Superbus, Tarquin



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