The Tale Of Rome

Partial Transcripthttp://www.thetaleofrome.com/rome-008 Hello, this is Abel, in Beijing, China. Welcome to my podcast.The Tale of Rome, Episode 8 — Tarquin the Elder.Last week we saw the life of Ancus Marcius and Rome’s expansion to the Mediterranean Sea.This week we’ll see the life of Tarquin, aptly nicknamed “the Elder” –after he managed to send away the two sons of Ancus Marcius away from Rome, and have himself elected king of Rome by a more-than-willing-to-oblige bunch of Senators.And here I’d like to add that the tale of the Kings of Rome can be roughly divided into two big sections.The first one consisted of Romulus, Numa Pompilius, Tullus Hostilius, and Ancus Marcius.So, first a fighter. Then a pacifist. Then another fighter, and finally another pacifist who saw himself forced to wage wars, and ultimately did just that.And so, today we are officially starting the second part of the tale of the Kings, because the three kings we haven’t seen yet, they all belong to one—the same family. The Tarquins.And f