Tanaquil
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Tanaquil was the queen consort of Rome by marriage to Tarquinius Priscus, the legendary fifth King of Rome.
A rendering of Tanaquil, wife of Tarquinius Priscus, fifth king of Rome
Portrait of Tanaquil by Domenico Beccafumi, c. 1519
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Tarquinia gens
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The gens Tarquinia was a plebeian family at ancient Rome, usually associated with Lucius Tarquinius Priscus and Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, the fifth and seventh Kings of Rome. Most of the Tarquinii w
Tanaquil
…four children, two daughters and two sons, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, the seventh and last king of Rome, and Arruns Tarquinius. One of her daughters, Tarquinia, married Servius Tullius after he had succeeded Tarquinius Priscus as king. Tanaquil played a role in the rise of Servius Tullius, the sixth king of…
Family tree showing relations to Lucretia and Brutus
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Tarquinius Superbus (1867). The king suggests to his son, Sextus, how to bring the city of Gabii under his control, by silently lopping the heads off the tallest poppies in his garden.