Arruns, also spelled Aruns, is an
Etruscan __NOTOC__
Etruscan may refer to:
Ancient civilization
*The Etruscan language, an extinct language in ancient Italy
*Something derived from or related to the Etruscan civilization
**Etruscan architecture
**Etruscan art
**Etruscan cities
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praenomen, thought to mean "prince." Various figures in Roman history were known by this name, including:
*Arruns Porsena, son of
Lars Porsena
Lars Porsena (or Porsenna; Etruscan: ) was an Etruscan civilization, Etruscan king (lar) known for his Roman-Etruscan Wars#War with Clusium in 508 BC, war against the city of Rome. He ruled over the city of Clusium (Etruscan language, Etruscan: ; ...
, the legendary king of
Clusium
Clusium ( grc-gre, Κλύσιον, ''Klýsion'', or , ''Kloúsion''; Umbrian:''Camars'') was an ancient city in Italy, one of several found at the site. The current municipality of Chiusi (Tuscany) partly overlaps this Roman walled city. The Ro ...
.
*
Arruns Tarquinius (son of Demaratus), the grandfather of
Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus
Lucius Tarquinius Ar. f. Ar. n. Collatinus was one of the first two consuls of the Roman Republic in 509 BC, together with Lucius Junius Brutus. The two men had led the revolution which overthrew the Roman monarchy. He was forced to resign hi ...
, one of the first
Roman consul
A consul held the highest elected political office of the Roman Republic ( to 27 BC), and ancient Romans considered the consulship the second-highest level of the ''cursus honorum'' (an ascending sequence of public offices to which politic ...
s in 509 BC;
*
Arruns Tarquinius (Egerius)
Arruns Tarquinius, commonly called Egerius, was a member of the royal family of early Rome.
His father was Arruns Tarquinius, son of Demaratus of Corinth. Demaratus had settled at Tarquinii during the seventh century BC, and married an Etrusca ...
, the father of Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus;
*
Arruns Tarquinius (brother of Tarquin the Proud), murdered by his wife,
Tullia, who subsequently married his brother,
Lucius
Lucius ( el, Λούκιος ''Loukios''; ett, Luvcie) is a male given name derived from '' Lucius'' (abbreviated ''L.''), one of the small group of common Latin forenames ('' praenomina'') found in the culture of ancient Rome. Lucius derives from ...
, the seventh and last
King of Rome;
*
Arruns Tarquinius (son of Tarquin the Proud), slain in battle with
Lucius Junius Brutus, colleague of Tarquinius Collatinus.
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