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.