kings of rome

Romulus

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• Founded Rome
• stole women from neighboring sabines
• Established the senate
• known as quirinus after his deification
• killed his brother

Numa pompilius

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• credited with establishing the boundaries of rome
• built the temple of Janus
• credited with establishing religion
• credited with a calendar reform
• Reluctantly served after having been picked by the Romans

673-641 BC

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• Was a Latin
• He defeated the Albans
• Destroyed Alba Longa
• is credited with building the curia hostilia
• turned to religion after being struck by the plague

Ancus Marcius

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• Defeated the old latins
• added the Aventine amd Janiculum hills
• credited for building the first aqueduct
• credited with establishing the port ostia
• credited with creating the manner in which the romans declared war

tarquinius priscus

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• was an Etruscan
• doubled the size of calvary
• added 100 less wealthy noble seats to the senate
• defeated the sabines
• possibly started the temple of lupiter capitolinus
• was assassinated by the sons of ancus marcius

servius tullius

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• was married to tanaquils daughter
• established that a citizens tribe is determined by where they lived and not on family or amount of property
• created the census
• added the quirinal, viminal, and esquiline hills to rome
• credited with building the temple of diana

tarquinius superbus

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• was married to tullia who was the daughter of servius tullius
• claimed that servius was just a slave
• made rome the head of the latin league
• finished or built the temple of lupiter capitolinus
• built the cloaca maxima