Jan Massys 1509-1573: Tarquin et Lucrèce. That is why furlough was easily granted during this protracted war, and the young princes who commanded the host passed many idle hours eating and drinking.Ĥ106: Tarquinus and Lucretia. The Roman attempted first to take the city by assault, but having failed, beleaguered the enemy, starting a tedious war. The reason for this war, they say, was Ardea's wealth for Tarquinius Superbus, impoverished by the magnificence of his public works, was eager to enrich himself. He was also commander when Rome engaged in war against Ardea, a city of the Rutuli in Latium, south of Rome. The youngest of Tarquinius Superbus' three sons was Sextus Tarquinius, the man who through treachery and deceit succeeded in handing over the city of Gabii, a neighboring town east of Rome, to his father. And as those who succeed in taking power through such means believe themselves to be much better than others, he ceased to consult the senate, and for whatever measure he took, either in foreign affairs or in domestic issues, he counted with no other advice than that of his own household. And as Tarquinius Superbus came to power illegally, being approved neither by the senate nor by the people, he relied on fear to maintain his authority, inspiring terror through a body-guard, and inflicting death penalties, exile, and confiscations of property not only upon those who effectively opposed him, but also upon them whom he suspected or disliked. Tarquinius Superbus earned his surname (the Proud) on account of his tyrannical conduct for he denied the rites of sepulture to his father-in-law, and expediently put to death all senators, whom he believed to have supported Servius Tullius. They say that when Servius Tullius was murdered, his daughter Tullia drove her carriage over his corpse, carrying away some of her murdered father's blood to offer to her PENATES, which are the household gods of the Romans, taken to Italy from Troy by Aeneas. Tarquinius Superbus then, finding his wife's idea superb, snatched the sceptre from his father-in-law, and after killing his predecessor, ruled in Rome as king until he and his wife were banished as a consequence of what happened to Lucretia 2. Servius Tullius' daughter Tullia married Tarquinius Superbus, son of Tarquinius Priscus, and being an unscrupulous woman, incited her husband to murder her own father and seize the throne. Tarquinius Priscus was succeeded by Servius Tullius, said to be the son of Hephaestus and Ocresia. Demaratus had yet another son, Arruns 2, who was father of Egerius, who fathered Tarquinius Collatinus, husband of Lucretia 2, daughter of Tricipitinus. Tarquinius Priscus was son of Demaratus of Corinth, who had left his country on account of political troubles. It was during the reign of Ancus Marcius that Lucumo 2, later known as Tarquinius Priscus, came to Rome, putting his wealth and energy at his own ambition's service until in time he came to the throne and succeeded Ancus Marcius. Kings of Rome (II), and husband of Lucrecia 2 After him, Ancus Marcius, who is remembered as the founder of Rome's harbor Ostia and was the grandson of Numa 3, became king of Rome. When the interregnum was over, Numa 3, son of the illustrious Sabine Pompon 1, came to the throne and when Numa 3 died of Old Age, he was succeeded by Tullus Hostilius, known for having waged war against the Albans.
When they were both dead, there was an interregnum during which collective rule prevailed.
Romulus, the founder of Rome, was also this city's first king, reigning first alone and afterwards sharing the rule with King Tatius of the Sabines, his former enemy. Lucretia 2 was raped by a prince of Rome, and after confessing her misfortune to her husband and father, stabbed herself to death, despite all their efforts to comfort her. Lucretia 2 plunging a knife into her heart.
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