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Tarquin

noun
1.
According to legend, the seventh and last Etruscan king of Rome who was expelled for his cruelty (reigned from 534 to 510 BC).  Synonyms: Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, Tarquin the Proud, Tarquinius, Tarquinius Superbus.





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... with many companions, among whom I knew both Hector and Aeneas, Caesar in armor, with his gerfalcon eyes; I saw Camilla and Penthesilea on the other side, and I saw the King Latinus, who was seated with Lavinia his daughter. I saw that Brutus who drove out Tarquin; Lucretia, Julia, Marcia, and Cornelia; and alone, apart, I saw the Saladin. When I raised my brow a little more, I saw the Master of those who know, seated amid the philosophic family; all regard ...
— The Divine Comedy, Volume 1, Hell [The Inferno] • Dante Alighieri


Words linked to "Tarquin" :   Rex, king, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, Tarquinius Superbus, Tarquin the Proud, male monarch


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