He always replied jokingly that “those were delusions and suspicions caused by his old age.” As far as King Servius was concerned, there was no way any member of his family, let alone his son-in-law, that would ever attempt to assassinate him or even think of such act, while Tatius saw it an irrefutable fact. He had warned King Servius that his son-in-law Tarquinius plotted against him to remove him from the throne of Rome.īut, the good King Servius had too kind of a heart to take his loyal advisor's warnings seriously. One of them, Tatius, was a loyal and old friend, as well as one of the wise advisors of the late King Servius. When Rome acquiesced to Tarquinius's rule, he immediately started to eradicate the senators and counselors loyal to Servius Tullius (the sixth king). After Lucius Tarquinius Superbus conquered Rome, he became Rome's seventh king, defying every known ancient Roman custom and tradition by becoming the first monarch not elected by the senate.
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