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The Etruscan Dynasty and the Wicked Tullia: Rise and Fall of Rome

Explore the intriguing story of the Etruscan Dynasty and the wicked Tullia, as Rome transitions from monarchy to the establishment of the republic. Discover the cultural roots, heroes, and public display that shaped ancient Rome.

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The Etruscan Dynasty and the Wicked Tullia: Rise and Fall of Rome

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  1. Chapter Twenty-ThreeLecture Two The Etruscan Dynasty and the Wicked Tullia

  2. Etruscan Dynasty / Wicked Tullia • Servius Tullius (the slave’s son) becomes king of Rome • Signs of destiny when flames danced around his head • His daughters, two Tullias • Both married to sons of the previous king, Tarquin the Elder • One Tullia has an affair with Tarquin the Proud, her brother-in-law

  3. Etruscan Dynasty / Wicked Tullia • Tarquin the Proud kills his own wife, the other Tullia and kills the husband of his lover Tullia. • They overthrow and murder the elderly Servius Tullius

  4. Lucretia and the End of Monarchy

  5. Lucretia and the End of Monarchy • Lucretia is the virtuous wife of Tarquin Collatinus • Sextus Tarquin, a son of Tarquin Superbus, rapes her • Lucretia denounces Tarquin; kills herself out of shame in front of her father, husband, and others • Also there is Lucius Junius Brutus

  6. Lucretia and the End of Monarchy • Brutus reveals that he is not “stupid” and rallies the people to overthrow and end monarchies in Rome • The Republic is established (traditionally date to 510 BC)

  7. The Etruscans

  8. The Etruscans • Rome has deep cultural roots in the Etruscans • City plan, cult places, and institutions • Tarquin built the first Temple to Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill. • Much of what the Roman inherit from Greece came through the Etruscans • Religious practices • fulguriator, haruspex, hecatoscopy • Perhaps the gladiatorial games came from the Etruscans

  9. Heroes of the Early Republic Brutus and his Sons

  10. Brutus and his Sons • “He who kisses his mother first . . .” • Allowed his own sons to be killed for treason • Died in battle for Rome

  11. Horatius at the Bridge • Lars Porsenna • Horatius Coclas defended the bridge until the last

  12. Mucius Scaevola • Thrust his hand into the fire, proving his courage to die for Rome • Porsenna withdrew • Scaevola (“lefty”)

  13. Other Patriotic Heroes • Coriolanus • But later fell out of favor because of his contempt of common men • Brings a foreign army (Volscians) against Rome, but the pleas of his wife persuaded him to withdraw

  14. Other Patriotic Heroes • Cincinnatus • Accepted the imperium only long enough to avert the crisis, but then set it down and returned to his plow

  15. Myth and Public Display at Rome

  16. Myth and Public Display at Rome • The Triumph • Rome: “He (Augustus) found it in brick, but left it in marble.” • The Great Forum • Campus Martius • Horologium Augusti

  17. An Imaginary Past Preserves the Present

  18. Past Preserves the Present • Roman government remarkably stable while the world around it changed • Rule was violent, but it provided stability and security • Its understanding of the moral nature of its history provided its tenacity: the selfless devotion of its founders and equality • Even the emperor was referred to only as princeps

  19. End

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