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Tarquin the Proud

noun
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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, Tarquinius, Tarquinius Superbus.






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"Tarquin the Proud" Quotes from Famous Books



... Gellius relates this that the foolish may consider how wise men despise money in comparison with books. And on the other hand, that we may know that folly and pride go together, let us here relate the folly of Tarquin the Proud in despising books, as also related by Aulus Gellius. An old woman, utterly unknown, is said to have come to Tarquin the Proud, the seventh king of Rome, offering to sell nine books, in which (as she declared) sacred oracles were contained, ...
— The Philobiblon of Richard de Bury • Richard de Bury



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



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