Tarquin the Elder (died 579 BC), fifth of the seven legendary kings of Rome
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Understanding Comics creator Scott McCloud has used the Tarquin engine for the creation of some of his comics.
A chorus of Romans mourns the death of Lucius Junius Brutus, who had led them to expel King Tarquin and found the republic.
Tarquin is said to have built the Circus Maximus, the first and largest stadium at Rome, for chariot racing.
This was indeed related by some writers of Apiolae, another city taken by Tarquin (Val. Antias, ap. Plin. iii. 5. s. 9), but the current tradition seems to have been that connected with Pometia (Tac. Hist. iii. 72).
Tanaquil's prophecy was eventually realized for Tarquin - he eventually became friends with King Ancus Marcius, who made Tarquin guardian of his children.
The album was primarily recorded at Castle Sound Studios, in Pencaitland, Scotland, with additional recording taking place at Tarquin Studios, in Connecticut, with producer Peter Katis.
The Tragedy of the Rape of Lucrece (1608), which chronicles the rise and fall of Tarquin as presented by a "merry lord", Valerius, who lightens the gloom of the situation by singing comic songs
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.