Tarquin the Proud is presented as tyranny embodied: an arrogant king who kills noble challengers and whose son abuses royal power.
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Tarquin
Tarquin the Proud is presented as tyranny embodied: an arrogant king who kills noble challengers and whose son abuses royal power.
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Lucius Brutus' death fighting Tarquin's son completes his status as the greatest Roman model before Julius Caesar.
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"His name is Tarcanus Superbus. Okay? Superbus is Latin for arrogant. So he's often referred to as Tarcan the Proud. Okay? So Tarcan the..."
"Tarchinus Tarchin the Proud hears about this and he gets really angry. So he allies himself with kings and they march against Rome. Lucius..."
"...word that the adulterer shall not go unpunished. It is Sextus Tarquin who, coming as an enemy instead of a guest, forced from me..."
"So two armies from these cities followed Tarquin to recover his crown and chastise the Romans. When they had entered the Roman territory, the..."
"...the enemy's cavalry was in front of his main body, Aaronus Tarquin, the king's son, in command. The king himself followed with the legionnaires..."
"...third man, stealing the cattle. So basically stealing a throne from Tarquin. And the story of the man sacrificing his twin is the story..."
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