Tarquin

Tarquin
The fifth and the seventh Etruscan kings of Rome, Priscus ( 616 – 579 BC ) and Superbus ( 534 – 510 BC ), both subjects of legend and tradition. The stories were largely symbolic, contrasting the decadence of the monarchy with the idealism of the new Roman republic . After this time the word ‘king’ was used by the Romans as a term of political abuse.