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Ancus Marcius was succeeded by Lucius Tarquinius Priscus who was killed by the sons of Ancus Marcius.
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Ancus Marcius ( r. 640 BC – 616 BC ) was the legendary fourth of the Kings of Rome.
According to Festus, Marcius had the surname of Ancus from his crooked arm.
Ancus Marcius marched from Rome with a newly levied army and took the Latin town of Politorium ( situated near the town of Lanuvium ) by storm.
Ancus Marcius incorporated the Janiculum into the city, fortifying it with a wall and connecting it with the city by a wooden bridge across the Tiber, the Pons Sublicius.
According to a reconstruction of the Fasti Triumphales, Ancus Marcius celebreated at least one triumph, over the Sabines and Veientes.
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King Ancus Marcius himself noticed Tarquinius and, by his will, appointed Tarquinius guardian of his own sons.
Upon the death of Ancus Marcius, Tarquinius Priscus addressed the Comitia Curiata and convinced them that he should be elected king over Marcius ' natural sons, who were still only in their teenage years.
Meanwhile the now adult sons of his predecessor Ancus Marcius thought that the throne should fall to them.
Tarquin's mother, Queen Tanaquil, had aided in the selection of Servius Tullius as heir to the Roman throne when Lucius Tarquinius Priscus was assassinated by the sons of the previous king, Ancus Marcius, in 579 BC.
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# Ancus Marcius ( 640-616 )
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According to Livy the war was commenced by the Latins who anticipated Ancus would follow the pious pursuit of peace adopted by his grandfather, Numa Pompilius.
Thanks to the intelligent foresight of the queen Tanaquil however, the sons of Ancus were not chosen, but rather Tarquinius ' son-in-law Servius Tullius, husband of his daughter Tarquinia, was elected as his successor.
Unfortunately, he was killed after 38 years as king at the hands of one of Ancus Marcius ' sons before it could be completed.
Another tradition holds that Larentia was a beautiful girl of notorious reputation, roughly the same age as Romulus and Remus, during the reign of Ancus Marcius in the 7th century BC.
An inscription says that Ostia was founded by Ancus Marcius, the semi-legendary fourth king of Rome, in the 7th century BC.
He succeeded Numa Pompilius, and was succeeded by Ancus Marcius.
* Ancus is known from only two sources: Ancus Marcius, the third King of Rome, who was of Sabine ancestry, and Ancus Publicius, an early member of a plebeian gens.
However, the cognomen Medullinus, which belonged to the oldest branch of the gens, may indicate that the family came from the ancient Latin city of Medullia, which was conquered by Ancus Marcius, the fourth King of Rome, toward the end of the 7th century BC.
Tanaquil's prophecy was eventually realized for Tarquin-he eventually became friends with King Ancus Marcius, who made Tarquin guardian of his children.
Fortuna's Roman cult was variously attributed to Servius Tullius – whose exceptional good fortune suggested their sexual intimacy – and to Ancus Marcius.
According to Livy, the Janiculum was incorporated into ancient Rome during the time of king Ancus Marcius in order that it not be occupied by an enemy.
According to tradition, the prison was constructed around 640-616 BC, by Ancus Marcius.
It was an ancient city of the Volsci tribe, and its status was influential in the time of King Ancus Marcius, enough to be on a par with Rome and has been the site of two historical battles in 1744 and 1849.
He was a descendant of Roman King Ancus Marcius and the son of the consul and censor Lucius Marcius Philippus.
According to tradition, its construction was ordered by Ancus Marcius around 642 BC, but this date is approximate because there is no ancient record of its construction.
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Servius cemented his authority supported by a strong guard, and the sons of Ancus fled into exile to Suessa Pometia.
She is said to have married the future first pontifex maximus Numa Marcius, and by him gave birth to the future king Ancus Marcius.
Throughout Republican times, the number of praenomina in general use declined, but older names were occasionally revived by noble families, and occasionally anomalous names such as Ancus, Iulus, or Kanus were given.
King Ancus Marcius of Rome came into conflict with the Volsci due to border violations by the Volsci.
Ancus and Tarquinius
The sons of Ancus Marcius, Tarquinius ' predecessor as king of Rome, remained angry at Tarquinius during his reign.
Upon the marriage of Servius to the king's daughter, and the general rise of Servius ' public stature, the sons of Ancus began to realise that their prospects of succeeding Tarquinius were diminishing.
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