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Tarquinius

Tarquinius

Latin

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Proper noun

Tarquinius

  1. gens name (nomen) of a Roman family of Greco-Etruscan origin

References

  1. ↑ Gary Forsythe: "A Critical History of Early Rome: From Prehistory to the First Punic War." University of California Press, 2006. page 100.

Etymology

From the Etruscan toponym Tarchuna (lat. Tarquinii).[1] Further etymology is unknown.

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