Aruns (son of Tarquinius Priscus)
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Aruns Tarquinius was the son of Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, the semi-legendary fifth king of Rome
, and was brother to the seventh and last king, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus
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Servius Tullius
, the sixth king of Rome, married his daughters (both named Tullia) to Tarquinius Priscus' sons, Aruns and Lucius
. Aruns' wife, the younger Tullia
, conspired with her brother-in-law Lucius, and each of Aruns and the elder Tullia were murdered by their respective spouses to make way for the marriage of Lucius and the younger Tullia.
Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....
, and was brother to the seventh and last king, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus
Lucius Tarquinius Superbus
Lucius Tarquinius Superbus was the legendary seventh and final King of Rome, reigning from 535 BC until the popular uprising in 509 BC that led to the establishment of the Roman Republic. He is more commonly known by his cognomen Tarquinius Superbus and was a member of the so-called Etruscan...
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Servius Tullius
Servius Tullius
Servius Tullius was the legendary sixth king of ancient Rome, and the second of its Etruscan dynasty. He reigned 578-535 BC. Roman and Greek sources describe his servile origins and later marriage to a daughter of Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, Rome's first Etruscan king, who was assassinated in 579 BC...
, the sixth king of Rome, married his daughters (both named Tullia) to Tarquinius Priscus' sons, Aruns and Lucius
Lucius Tarquinius Superbus
Lucius Tarquinius Superbus was the legendary seventh and final King of Rome, reigning from 535 BC until the popular uprising in 509 BC that led to the establishment of the Roman Republic. He is more commonly known by his cognomen Tarquinius Superbus and was a member of the so-called Etruscan...
. Aruns' wife, the younger Tullia
Tullia (daughter of Servius Tullius)
Tullia was the last queen of Rome. She was the younger daughter of Rome's sixth king, Servius Tullius, and she married Lucius Tarquinius. Along with her husband, she arranged the murder and overthrow of her father, securing the throne for her husband...
, conspired with her brother-in-law Lucius, and each of Aruns and the elder Tullia were murdered by their respective spouses to make way for the marriage of Lucius and the younger Tullia.