Following Priscus ’ s death, his son-in-law Servius Tullius succeeded him to the throne, the second king of Etruscan birth to rule Rome.

The first temple dedicated to Fors was attributed to the Etruscan Servius Tullius, while the second is known to have been built in 293 BC as the fullfilment of a Roman promise made during later Etruscan wars The date of dedication of her temples was 24 June, or Midsummer ’ s Day, when celebrants from Rome annually floated to the temples downstream from the city.

This cleared the way for the abolition of Rome's monarchy and the founding of the Roman Republic, whose groundwork had already been laid by Servius ' reforms.

The benevolent, divinely fathered Servius Tullius established the Latin League, its Aventine Temple to Diana, and the Compitalia to mark his social reforms.

According to legend, the Roman King Servius Tullius enacted a series of constitutional reforms in the 6th century BC.

P. Fraccaro's interpretation of the so-called Servian reforms to the army suggests that under king Servius Tullius ( traditional reign dates 578-535 BC ), the hoplite ( armoured ) infantry was also doubled in size to a single legion of 6, 000, which, together with 2, 400 velites ( unarmoured infantry ) and 600 cavalry adds up to a total regal levy of 9, 000 iuniores ( men of military age: aged 16 to 45 ).

During the later years of the Roman Kingdom, King Servius Tullius enacted a series of constitutional reforms.

Most Roman sources name Servius ' mother as Ocrisia, a young noblewoman taken at the Roman siege of Corniculum and brought to Rome, either pregnant by her husband, who was killed at the siege: or as a virgin.

" The fourth-century commentator Servius writes that there was some controversy about whose wet-nurse Caieta was: in addition to Aeneas, he offers Creusa and Ascanius as possibilities.

Land, wealth and the ability to muster arms for military service remained the major qualifications, and provided the basis for traditionally Servian social classifications ; Servius is credited as Rome's first censor.

* The Romans, led by praetor Servius Sulpicius Galba, defeat the Lusitanians in a major battle in Hispania.

Its major literary sources are two almost identical passages, one in Servius ' commentary on the Aeneid ( viii. 363 ) and the other in Macrobius Saturnalia Though Servius mentions that aedes duae sunt, " there are two sacred temples ", the earliest Roman calendars mention but one festival, on 13 August, to Hercules Victor and Hercules Invictus interchangeably.

Servius ' virginal slave mother-to-be is impregnated by a phallus-apparition arising from the hearth, or some other divine being held to be a major deity or ancestor-hero by some, a Lar by others: the latter seems to have been a strong popular tradition.

It is said to have been instituted by the Roman king Servius Tullius in the 6th century BC, at which time the number of arms-bearing citizens was counted at around 80, 000.

* 3 BC – Servius Sulpicius Galba, Roman Emperor ( d. 69 )

According to Roman tradition, Tarquinius Superbus gained the kingship by ordering the assassination of his much-admired predecessor, Servius Tullius.

Both Tarquin and his brother Aruns married daughters of Servius Tullius, the sixth king ; both daughters were named Tullia, by Roman custom.

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.

The division is traditionally, though probably incorrectly, attributed to Roman Kingdom # Reign of Servius Tullius | Servius Tullius.

Much Roman history of the era is shrouded in legend but it is believed that during the reign of Servius Tullius, the census ( from Latin: censeō – accounting of the people ) was introduced.

Servius was said to have been the first Roman king to accede without election by the Senate, having gained the throne by popular support, at the contrivance of his mother-in-law.

Servius Tullius has been described as " the most complex and enigmatic " of all the Roman kings, and a kind of " proto-Republican magistrate ".

The main literary sources for Servius ' life and achievements are the Roman historian Livy ( 59 BC – AD 17 ), his near contemporary Dionysius of Halicarnassus, and Plutarch ( c. 46 – 120 AD ); their own sources included works by Quintus Fabius Pictor, Diocles of Peparethus and Quintus Ennius.

* Servius Sulpicius Rufus, Roman politician ( d. 43 BC )

* Servius Sulpicius Galba is a Roman praetor.

* Servius Sulpicius Galba is a Roman Consul.

** Servius Sulpicius Galba, Roman general and emperor ( d. AD 69 )

King Servius Tullius, in reforming the Roman social organisation, required that every adolescent offer a coin to the goddess of youth upon entering adulthood.

Some Roman troops under Servius Galba are wintering peacefully in the Alps between Italy and Gaul.

* Servius Sulpicius Galba, Roman emperor ( d. AD 69 )

* Roman armies under the leadership of praetor Servius Sulpicius Galba and the proconsul Lucius Licinius Lucullus arrive in Hispania Ulterior and begin the process of subduing the local population.

His body was conveyed to Sparta for burial ( where he was the object of a cult ) or, according to a Roman legend, to Aricia, when it was removed to Rome ( Servius on Aeneid, ii.

The less fortunate Remus, who lost not only the contest but later, his life, remained on the Aventine: Servius notes the Aventine's reputation as a haunt of " inauspicious birds ".

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.

Tarquinius ' sons were Lucius Tarquinius Superbus and Aruns Tarquinius, both of whom married the daughters of Servius Tullius, named Tulliae.

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.

Tanaquil then addressed the people of Rome from the palace window, stating that the king was recovering from the blow, and had commanded the people to obey the orders of Servius as if he were king.

Servius says she had a sacellum ( shrine ), probably located in Rome, where sacrifices were made to her through the agency of the Vestals.

; Plutarch adds that they were then at the number of two, were later augmented to four by Servius Tullius and stayed so through the ages.

* Toga trabea: According to Servius, there were three different kinds of trabea: one of purple only, for the gods ; another of purple and a little white, for kings ; and a third, with scarlet stripes and a purple hem, for augurs and Salii.

For example, the Cornelii used Aulus, Gnaeus, Lucius, Marcus, Publius, Servius, and Tiberius ; the Julii limited themselves to Lucius, Gaius, Sextus, and Vopiscus ; the Claudii were fond of Appius, Gaius, and Publius ; the Postumii favored Aulus, Gaius, Lucius, Publius, and Spurius ; and so on.

Aulus, Gnaeus, Spurius, Sextus, and Servius were less common, followed by Manius, Tiberius, Caeso, Numerius, and Decimus, which were decidedly uncommon ( at least amongst the patricians ) during the Republic.

By the 1st century B. C., the praenomina remaining in general use at Rome were: Appius, Aulus, Caeso, Decimus, Gaius, Gnaeus, Lucius, Mamercus, Manius, Marcus, Numerius, Publius, Quintus, Servius, Sextus, Spurius, Titus, and Tiberius.

With respect to the first, which was the one adopted, says Spartianus, by the most learned men, it is impossible to disprove it absolutely, as we know next to nothing of the ancient Moorish language ; but it has no inherent probability in it ; and the statement of Servius is undoubtedly false, that the grandfather of the dictator obtained the surname on account of killing an elephant with his own hand in Africa, as there were several of the Julii with this name before his time.

) However, according to a classical source, Servius ' commentary on Virgil's Aeneid, the Vindelicians were Liburnians, themselves most probably related to the Veneti.

The 12 additional centuriae ascribed by Livy to Servius Tullius were in reality probably formed around 400 BC.

Vulci had some influence on early Rome, as Servius Tullius and the Vibenna brothers ( Caile and Avle Vipinas ) were from Vulci.

The three first of the name were L. Cornelius Lentulus ( consul 327 BC ), Servius Cornelius Lentulus ( consul 303 ) and L. Cornelius Lentulus Caudinus ( consul 275 ).