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TARQUINIUS PRISCUS

Lucius Tarquinius Priscus was the fifth of the legendary kings of ancient Rome, reputed to have reigned from 616 BC until 578 BC. An exile from Corinth, and married to an Etruscan woman named Tanaquil, he went to Rome where he won the favour of king Ancus Marcius, and changed his original name of Lucumon to Tarquinius. Elected king when Ancus died, he proved himself a vigorous ruler, defeating the Latins and the Sabines. He was murdered by the sons of Ancus Martius.
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