Etruscan Terracotta Votive Head of A Youth, 4th C. BCE

"But it was after the founding of Rome that Demaratus arrived, bringing with him a host of people from Corinth; and, since he was received by the Tarquinians, he married a native woman, by whom he begot Lucumo. And since Lucumo had proved a friend to Ancus Marcius, the king of the Romans, he was made king, and his name was changed to Lucius Tarquinius Priscus. Be that as it may, he too adorned Tyrrhenia, as his father had done before him — the father by means of the goodly supply of artisans who had accompanied him from home and the son by means of the resources supplied by Rome. It is further said that the triumphal, and consular, adornment, and, in a word, that of all the rulers, was transferred to Rome from Tarquinii, as also fasces, axes, trumpets, sacrificial rites, divination, and all music publicly used by the Romans. This Tarquinius was the father of the second Tarquinius, the "Superbus," who was the last of the kings and was banished. Porsinas, the king of Clusium, a Tyrrhenian city, undertook to restore him to the throne by force of arms, but was unable to do so, although he broke up the personal enmity against himself and departed as friend, along with honour and large gifts."

-Strabo, Geography: Book 5, Chapter 2.2

Height: 12 1/2 inches (31.75 cm). Ex Collection of Professor Peter Arnovick, Ph.D. (1934 - 2015), California. Peter G. Arnovick: Professor. English,Art History (1969). B.A., M.S., University of Southern California; M.A., University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D., Union Institute Graduate School.taught at Menlo College for 38 years.



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https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Strabo/5B*.html#2.2

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