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 Junius Brutus
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Lucius Junius Brutus was the semi-legendary founder of the Roman Republic, and traditionally one of its first consuls in 509 BC. He was reputedly responsible for the expulsion of his uncle the Roman king Tarquinius Superbus after the suicide of Lucretia, which led to the overthrow of the Roman monarchy. He was involved in the abdication of fellow consul Tarquinius Collatinus, and executed two of his sons for plotting the restoration of the Tarquins.
Portrait of Lucius Junius Brutus on a denarius minted by Marcus Junius Brutus in 54 BC
The Capitoline Brutus (now in the Capitoline Museums) is a bronze bust dated 4th to early 3rd centuries BC. It was initially thought to be a bust of Lucius Brutus (hence its name), but modern scholars have rejected this attribution.
"The oath of Brutus" by François-Joseph Navez
The Lictors Bring to Brutus the Bodies of His Sons by David, 1789