Ardea, Lazio
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Ardea is an ancient town and comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, 35 kilometres south of Rome and about 4 kilometres from today's Mediterranean coast.
The church of St. Peter
City gate
A view of the ancient agger
Lucius Tarquinius Superbus
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Lucius Tarquinius Superbus was the legendary seventh and final king of Rome, reigning 25 years until the popular uprising that led to the establishment of the Roman Republic. He is commonly known as Tarquin the Proud, from his cognomen Superbus.
Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, 16th-century depiction published by Guillaume Rouillé
Tarquinius Superbus makes himself King; from The Comic History of Rome by Gilbert Abbott à Beckett (c. 1850s)
Tarquinius Superbus by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, depicting the king receiving a laurel; the poppies in the foreground refer to the "tall poppy" allegory