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Divine Kingship in the Ancient World

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Who was the last Etruscan king?   Tarquinius Supe

The last of the Etruscan Kings, and the last King of Rome, was L.

The King of Rome (Latin: Rex Romae) was the chief magistrate of the Roman Kingdom. According to legend, the first king of Rome was Romulus, who founded the city in 753 BC upon the Palatine Hill. Seven legendary kings are said to have ruled Rome until 509 BC, when the ... Ancient Rome 

Romulus and Remus are recorded in Roman mythology as the founders of the city Rome. Legend has that the twins were born around 770BC, the sons of a mortal priestess, Rhea Silvia, and the Roman god of war, Mars. The boys were abandoned at birth and thrown into the River Tiber in a cradle.

Romulus was the legendary founder and first king of Rome. Various traditions attribute the establishment of many of Rome's oldest legal, political, religious, 

Where did the original Romans come from?

Etruscan

After 650 BC, the Etruscans became dominant in Italy and expanded into north-central Italy. Roman tradition claimed that Rome had been under the control of seven kings from 753 to 509 BC beginning with the mythical Romulus who was said to have founded the city of Rome along with his brother Remus. 

Eventually a group of senators led by Lucius Junius Brutus raised a revolt, the immediate cause of which was the rape of a noblewoman, Lucretia, by Tarquin's son Sextus. The Tarquin family was expelled from Rome, and the monarchy at Rome was abolished (traditionally 509 bc) {nonsense}!

Who was the first king ever?

Originally Answered: Who is the first king of earth? It is probably Sargon the Great or Gilgamesh. Sargon was the first man to build a formal army and built his empire in Mesopotamia

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