117- Tarquin and Tullia's Excellent Conspiracy

Murder! Patricide! Carriage-based violence and political coups! It's all happening on Autocrat today. Lucius Tarquinius, eldest son of king Priscus, finally decides he's had enough of living in the shadow of Servius Tullius. Joined by his wife Tullia, he will commit a crime that the Romans will be shocked by, and begin his reign with violent purges of the Senate. Also, Tullia's Ferrari.

NOTE: Mild spoiler warning between 21:07 and 21:35 for those who don't know what's coming.

Time period: 534 BCE

Relevant individuals:

• Servius Tullius, 6th King of Rome
• Tanaquil, Queen of Rome
• Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, 7th King of Rome
• Tullia II, Queen of Rome
• Arruns Tarquinius, second son of Priscus and Tanaquil
• Tullia I, daughter of Servius Tullius and Tanaquil II, wife of Arruns

Sources for this episode:

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• Cassius Dio (1961), Dio's Roman History (Volume I). Translated by E. Cary. London and Cambridge, Massachusetts: William Heinemann Ltd. and Harvard University Press.

• Dionysus of Halicarnassus (1960), The Roman Antquities of Dionysus of Halicarnassus (Volume II). Translated by E. Cary. London and Cambridge, Massachusetts: William Heinemann Ltd. and Harvard University Press.
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• Livy (1971), The Early History of Rome. Translated by A. de Selincourt. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltd.

• Matyszak, P. (2008), Chronicle of the Roman Republic: The Rulers of Ancient Rome from Romulus to Augustus. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd.

• Orosius (1936), History Against the Pagans. Translated by I. W. Raymond. Available at Attalus.

• Sextus Aurelius Victor (1825), Galerie Romaine, ou les Hommes Illustres de Rome et les Cesars. Translated by A. Caillot. Paris.