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Lucius Tarquinius Superbus 535-509 - Coggle Diagram
Lucius Tarquinius Superbus 535-509
Becoming King :crown:
lucius was the son of priscus
dionysius claims he won the support of the patricians after the servian reforms had been unpopular
livy states that servius' old age gave lucius the opportunity to seize power
Livy's story
superbus marched into the senate with a small army and sat on the throne
he began by verbally attacking servius
'Rome had allowed a slave to become king'
servius
'had stolen land from the patricians to reward the dregs of society'
''the son of a king will always better a slave''
when servius burst into the senate, superbus
'used his youthfulness'
to carry him out of the room and hurl him down the senate steps
servius was then killed by superbus' men
political changes
he seized the throne by force and
'surrounded himself with dangerous men armed with swords and spears'
- dionysius
anyone who threatened his control of rome would be accused of a capital crime and sentenced to death
over time the senate was not consulted at all, showing his tyranny
superbus refused to bury servius
he treated the plebeians badly, according to dionysius
he removed the census
he banned religious ceremonies
turned the plebeians into labourers, working on the circus maximus and cloaca maxima
Military successes
effective diplomat and general
he enlarged rome's empire and created two new colonies - Signia and Circeii
his son Sextus successfully conquested Gabii
Superbus also defeated the Volsci but livy states this sparked a 200-year war
Religious and Social Change
completed cloaca maximus (open air sewer) which improved sanitation
extended the circus maximus
built a number of temples across rome
a period of rapid expansion