Encyclopædia Britannica, Eleventh Edition (1911).Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, William Smith, ed., Little, Brown and Company, Boston (1849).Ironically, public hatred of the Tarquins led Collatinus himself to resign the consulship and go into exile. The rape of Collatinus' wife, Lucretia, by his cousin, Sextus Tarquinius, was the event that sparked the expulsion of the Roman kings. After subduing the Latin town of Collatia, Tarquin placed his nephew in command of the Roman garrison there.Īrruns' son was Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus, one of the first Roman consuls in 509 BC. Ultimately, Tarquin succeeded Marcius as the fifth King of Rome. For this reason, the child was called Egerius, meaning "the needy one."Īt the urging of his wife, Tanaquil, Lucius Tarquinius migrated to Rome, where he found favour with the king, Ancus Marcius. Not knowing of his grandson, Demaratus left him no inheritance, and so Arruns was born into poverty despite his grandfather's wealth. Her story is also told in Ovid's 'Fasti. In his story, she was the daughter of Spurius Lucretius Tricipitinus, sister of Publius Lucretius Tricipitinus, niece of Lucius Junius Brutus, and wife of Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus (Conlatinus) who was the son of Egerius. Arruns died shortly before his father, leaving his wife pregnant. The legend of Lucretia is reported by Livy in his Roman history. Demaratus had settled at Tarquinii during the seventh century BC, and married an Etruscan noblewoman. His father was Arruns Tarquinius, son of Demaratus of Corinth. Arruns Tarquinius, commonly called Egerius, was a member of the royal family of early Rome.
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