CHAPTER VI.
FROM THE DEATH OF ANCUS MARTIUS, TO THE DEATH OF TARQUINIUS PRISCUS THE FIFTH KING OF ROME .-- U.C.

130.
The first of Tarquin's hapless race was he, Who odium tried to cast on augury; But Naevius Accius, with an augur's skill.
Preserved its fame, and raised it higher still .-- _Robertson_.
1.

Lu'cius Tarquin'ius Pris'cus was appointed guardian to the sons of the late king, and took the surname of Tarquin'ius from the city of _Tarquin'ia_, whence he last came.

His father was a merchant of Corinth,[1] who had acquired considerable wealth by trade, and had settled in Italy, upon account of some troubles at home.

His son, who inherited his fortune, married a woman of family in the city of Tarquin'ia.
2.