Lucius Tarquinius Superbus ('Tarquin the Proud') was traditionally the seventh and last king of ancient Rome before it became a republic. He belonged to the Etruscan Tarquinii clan, reigned from 534 to 510 BCE, and was infamous for his tyrannical rule, although Rome did enlarge its territory in that time. Following his exile after the infamous rape of Lucretia by his son Sextus, he joined forces with the Etruscan king Lars Porsenna who besieged Rome c. 508 BCE. Porsenna did not restore Tarquinius to the throne, though, and the ex-king fled to Cumae where he died in 495 BCE.
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750 BCE - 510 BCEThe (semi-mythological) seven kings of Rome: Romulus, Numa Pompilius, Tulus Hostilius, Ancus Marcius, Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, Servius Tullius, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus.
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534 BCE - 510 BCEReign of Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, last king of Rome.
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510 BCE - 509 BCEFirst treaty between Rome and Carthage.
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c. 508 BCELars Porsenna, Etruscan king of Chiusi, lays siege to Rome.
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495 BCELucius Tarquinius Superbus, last king of Rome, dies in exile at Cumae.
