During the early semi-legendary history of Rome, in the reign of Rome's fifth king, Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, it is said that the Latins went to war with Rome.
Tarquin is said to have built the Circus Maximus, the first and largest stadium at Rome, for chariot racing.
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Many of the Roman symbols both of war and of civil office date from his reign, and he was the first to celebrate a triumph, after the Etruscan fashion, wearing a robe of purple and gold, and borne on a chariot drawn by four horses.
The first "outsider" Etruscan king, Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, founded a Capitoline temple to the triad Jupiter, Juno and Minerva which served as the model for the highest official cult throughout the Roman world.
Tarquin the Elder (died 579 BC), fifth of the seven legendary kings of Rome
Lucius Verus | Lucius Cornelius Cinna | Priscus | Lucius D. Clay | Lucius Tarquinius Priscus | Lucius Artorius Castus | Lucius Antonius | Lucius Allen | Lucius Tarquinius Superbus | Lucius Accius | Lucius | Wilbur Lucius Cross | Tarquinius | Pope Lucius III | Lucius Scribonius Libo | Lucius Roscius | Lucius Junius Brutus | Lucius Cassius Longinus | Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland | Lucius Beebe | Lucius Annaeus Cornutus | Lucius Aelius | Pope Lucius II | Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (II) | Lucius O'Brien, 15th Baron Inchiquin | Lucius Nonius Calpurnius Torquatus Asprenas | Lucius Lyon | Lucius de Mello | Lucius Clodius Macer | Lucius Calpurnius Piso Licinianus |
The Cathedral Museum, in the 17th century cloister, is notable particularly for its fine Flemish tapestries of the 15th-17th centuries depicting scenes from the Trojan War, Hannibal's Italian campaign and the life of Tarquin, the Etruscan king of Rome.