Early Roman History to the fall of Tarquin DOWNLOAD FREE

Lars Porsenna c. 506 BC. Tarquin enlisted the support of the Etruscan king of Clusium Lars Porsenna. Rome was weakened by food shortages and the Roman army withdrew within the city. The Etruscans nearly got into the city by crossing the bridge but one man, Horatius Cocles, held them up for sufficient length of time for the attempt to fail. Porsenna effectively laid siege to Rome. The consul Valerius successfully executed a stratagem to convince Porsenna that Rome is well-supplied, when it is not. However, Porsenna eventually decided to withdraw when he learnt that a band of young Roman nobles had vowed to attempt to assassinate him. Having decided to withdraw from Rome, Porsenna sent a force under his son, Arruns, to attack Aricia, but the force was almost totally destroyed and Arruns was killed. Porsenna made one more attempt to restore Tarquin by diplomacy, but this also failed.

Contents of Early Roman History to the fall of Tarquin 1 Latium and Rome - the site of Rome 2 The ancient Latins 3 The problem of sources 4 Fabius Pictor and Cincius Alimentus 5 The Roman annalists 6 Greek references to early Roman history 7 The work of the Roman annalists 8 Primary sources for Roman history 9 Further primary sources for early Roman history 10 The traditional account of early Roman History from Livy 11 Ascanius 12 Romulus 13 Numa Pmplius 14 Tulius Hostilius 15 Mettius 16 Ancus Marcius 17 Tarquinius Priscus 18 Servius Tullius 19 Tarquinius Superbus 20 The Rape of Lucretia 21 Lars Porsenna 22 Rome, Latium and the foundation of Rome c. 1200 BC - c. 750 BC 23 The founding of Rome 24 Mont Cavo in the Alban Hills 25 The Palatine Hill 26 The myth of the Sabine women 27 The early Kings of Rome c. 750 BC - c. 600 BC 28 Early constitution of Rome 29 The period of the Etruscan preponderance: c. 600 BC - c. 510 BC 30 The reign of Servius 31 The reign of Tarquinius Superbus 32 The foundation of the Roman Republic

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