Tarquinia (mother of Lucius Brutus)

In Rome's early semi-legendary history, Tarquinia was the mother of Lucius Junius Brutus, who overthrew the monarchy and became one of Rome's first consuls in 509 BC. She had another son, who was put to death by king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus after he took the Roman rule from Servius.

Tarquinia is a character in notable plays Brutus by John Howard Payne,[1] and The Sibyl by Richard Cumberland.[2]

References

  1. ^ John Howard Payne, Brutus, or The Fall of Tarquin, London: Richard White, 1818. [1]
  2. ^ Richard Cumberland, "The Sybil, or The Elder Brutus", in The Posthumous Dramatick Works of the Late Richard Cumberland Esq., vol. 1, London: G. and W. Nicol, 1813.

Bibliography

  • Gantz, Timothy Nolan. "The Tarquin Dynasty." Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte H. 4 (1975): 539-554.
  • Mirković, Miroslava. "Missing persons in early Roman history, kinship and power." BIG 3 (2012): 9-24
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