![]() It is possible that in fact the overthrow of Tarquinius Superbus was a palace revolution followed by a struggle for the succession among his close relatives, such as Collatinus and Brutus, who was himself a nephew of the tyrant but any such reconstruction must remain speculative in the present state of knowledge. Nobleman, son of Egerius husband of Lucretia (q.v) according to tradition, joined a rebellion to overthrow the Tarquins after Sextus Tarquinius raped his wife. Some time after this, Sextus Tarquinius the eldest son of Tarquin, having used violence with Lucretia, the wife of his kinsman Collatinus, she was resolved not. The sources present him as an innocent and high-minded victim of circumstances, but cannot hide the fact that the story of his election and subsequent retirement is incoherent and hardly credible as it stands. ![]() But Collatinus was compelled to resign and go into exile when the people, instigated by Brutus, voted that all members of the Tarquinian * gens should be banished from Rome (Livy 2. He and Collatinus were therefore elected consulsor rather praetors, which was the original title (Livy i. Livy here agrees with Dionysius of Halicar nassus,2 but differs from Cicero,3 who says that Collatinus imperium was abrogated. the widowed husband of Lucretia, Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus, Brutus became the first consul of Rome. *Iunius Brutus conspired to overthrow *Tarquinius Superbus, and became the first consuls (509 bce: see consul). When Lucretia, wife of Collatinus, was outraged by Sextus Tarquinius (the incident which inspired Shakespeare’s Rape of Lucrece), Brutus, together with her husband and father, took a leading part in expelling the Tarquinii from Rome. Iunius Brutus in 509 B.C., resigns his office voluntarily. Read Brutus by Kirsty Corrigan with a free trial. He was involved in the abdication of fellow consul Tarquinius Collatinus. Dio stated that after seeing the hand of Destiny in these events, Brutus called the grieving party to order, explained that his simplicity had been a sham, and proposed that they drive the Tarquins from Rome. 6th century BC) was the semi-legendary founder of the Roman. He held her, kissed her, called her name and spoke to her. Brutus interpreted 'mother' to mean the Earth, so he pretended to trip and kissed the ground. Tarquinius Collatinus, Lucius, great-nephew of *Tarquinius Priscus, husband of *Lucretia, and one of the founders of the Roman republic. Collatinus, seeing his wife dead, became distraught. ![]()
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