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In the dead of night he stealthily entered her chamber with a drawn sword. A few days later he returned to Collatia, where he was hospitably received by Lucretia as her husband"s kinsman. The beauty and virtue of Lucretia had fired the evil passions of Sextus. They then hastened to Collatia, and there, though it was late in the night, they found Lucretia, the wife of Collatinus, spinning amid her handmaids. They first went to Rome, where they caught the king"s daughters unawares at a splendid banquet. As nothing was happening in the field, they mounted their horses to pay a surprise visit to their homes. The place could not be taken by force, and the Roman army lay encamped beneath the walls. Tarquinius was besieging Ardea, a city of the Rutulians.
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While the king"s sons, and their cousin, Tarquinius Collatinus, the son of Egerius, were feasting together, a dispute arose about the virtue of their wives.Īccording to Roman tradition, his rape of Lucretia was the precipitating event in the overthrow of the monarchy and the establishment of the Roman Republic. Sextus Tarquinius was the third and youngest son of the last king of Rome, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus. Sextus Tarquinius fled to Gabii, seeking to make himself king, but he was killed in revenge for his past actions. The place could not be taken by force, and the Roman army lay encamped beneath the walls.Īs nothing was happening in the field, they mounted their horses to pay a surprise visit to their homes. He withdrew with all his property to Lavinium, and Publius Valerius Poplicola was elected in his place.According to Roman tradition, his rape of Lucretia was the precipitating event in the overthrow of the monarchy and the establishment of the Roman Republic. Livy claims that the people could not endure the rule of any of the hated race of the Tarquins, and thus the innocent Collatinus was persuaded by his colleague and the other nobles to resign his office and retire from Rome.
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Thus the grandson was surnamed Collatinus to indicate his place of birth or origin or nearest association.Ĭollatinus's time as consul was brief. Collatinus derived his cognomen thus his grandfather Egerius was placed in command of the town Collatia which had been captured by Tarquinius Priscus, and the next generation also resided in that town. William Smith's Dictionary says that Collatinus was the son of Egerius, himself the son of Aruns (son of Demaratus) himself the brother of Tarquinius Priscus (who was the fifth king of Rome). Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus joined Lucius Junius Brutus in the first shared consulship. After overthrowing the seventh king of Rome, the Roman Republic was founded. This revolt was led by the aforementioned Lucius Junius Brutus, an ancestor of the Marcus Brutus who conspired to kill Julius Caesar almost 500 years later. According to legend, while Collatinus was away from home, his cousin, Sextus Tarquinius, son of the king, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, came to his house by night. Collatinus married Lucretia, daughter of Spurius Lucretius Tricipitinus.
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The last of these kings, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, was overthrown in the year 510 BCE after his son Sextus Tarquinius had raped Collatinus's wife, Lucretia. The surname Collatinus was derived from this town. He is also the husband of Lucretia, the noblewoman raped by Sextus Tarquinius.Īccording to legend, ancient Rome had seven kings. 6th century BC) is traditionally one of the first two consuls of Rome, together with Lucius Junius Brutus.