The suicide of the woman led four Roman nobles to act against the king and his family, which ultimately ended the king's reign in 509 BC. His son helped bring his reign to an end by a scandal that involved the wife of a powerful Senate member. Tarquin the Proud, whose disrespect for the Roman Senate was well-known, was also a tyrant to his people. The reign of Tarquin the Proud (Lucius Tarquinius Superbus), the last king of the Roman Kingdom, ushered in the beginning of the end of the Kingdom founded by Romulus, and ushered in the era of the Roman Republic. Lucius Tarquinius Superbus (Tarquin the Proud), the seventh king and son of Pricus, was also a war-monger, and one who managed to finish the public works started by previous kings, though he generally disrespected the Senate and payed the consequences for doing so. The son-in-law of Priscus, Servius Tulius was war-like, and reorganized the army and built the first wall around Rome. Servius Tulius, initially of slave stock, was the sixth king.

Lucius Priscus, the fifth king, sacked the Sabines and Etruscans, gaining territory and treasures along the way. Ancus Marcius, the fourth king and grandson of Numa, united the lesser states by diplomacy and expanded Rome further, and built the first salt mine, which was of great economic importance to the kingdom. Tullus Hostilius, the third king, waged war with three states and annexed them into Roman territory. Numa was concerned with religious affairs and peace. Lessons Learned from the Republican Monarchy In 509 BCE, the Roman people. Numa Pompilius was the second king after Romulus. As a result, the early Roman Republic was founded, with Brutus and Collatinus as the first consuls in this new government. The events that followed led to the birth of the Roman Republic that would replace the Kingdom of Rome. But the last king was a tyrant and especially disrespectful of the Roman Senate, and as a consequence was deposed and driven out of Rome. The Kings' rises to power were also noted for being either related by family relations, tribe, adoption, slave stock, luck, or as a favorite of one to come before. The Roman Kings' rules alternated between peace, religious reforms, war, territory expansions, and diplomacy. The only power that the Senate had over the King was the final decision in declaring war. The early Roman Kings had almost absolute power, and controlled the weak Senate whose only purpose was to do their bidding. He then formed the Senate and formalized the state of Rome. Romulus for a time shared power with the Sabine King Titus Tatius. He gave the men wives by abducting the Sabine women, an act that resulted in a war with the Sabine tribe. Romulus was determined to unite all of these men under his rule by creating new laws to better their lives. The men who helped build the city included both freemen and slaves. In 753 BC, after defeating his brother and others in the area for power therein, Romulus founded Rome in the Palatine Hill above the Tiber River. The two boys grew up as shepherds raising sheep in the hills near the Tiber River. The founder of Rome was the legendary Romulus who, according to legend, alongside his twin brother Remus was as an orphan baby suckled by a wolf.

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