Tyrannical Tarquin The Proud: The Seventh And Last King Of Rome Was Banished

A. Sutherland  – AncientPages.com – The seventh and the last king of Rome was Tarquin the Proud, who reigned between 535 BC–509 BC. Tarquin – a tyrant noted for his cruelty – had ruled Rome for more than twenty years after murdering the previous king, Servius Tullius, and seizing his throne.

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The Tarquins royal dynasty was of Etruscan heritage; they were influential in the region, ruling from around 616 BC to 510 BC. The Etruscans, who were in many ways more advanced than the Romans at this time, extended their power southward, and their influence was apparent, according to Etruscan inscriptions from this period.

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