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Lucre'tia

2. The wife of L. Tarquinius Collatinus, whose rape by Sex. Tarquinius is said to have occasioned the dethronement of Tarquinius Superbus and the establishment of the republic. (Liv. 1.55, &c. ; Dionys. A. R. 4.64, &c.) The details of the legend are given under TARQUINIUS.

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    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 55
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