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King of Rome
Capitoline Wolf
Lucius Tarquinius Superbus
Details
First monarch
Romulus
Last monarch
Lucius Tarquinius Superbus
Formation
753 BC
Abolition
509 BC
Residence
Rome
Appointer
Curiate Assembly
Politics of ancient Rome
Periods
Roman Kingdom 753–509 BC
Roman Republic 509–27 BC
Roman Empire 27 BC – AD 395
Principate 27 BC – AD 284
Dominate AD 284–641
Western AD 395–476
Eastern AD 395–1453
Timeline
Constitution
Kingdom
Republic
Sullan republic
Empire
Augustan reforms
Late Empire
Political institutions
Imperium
Collegiality
Auctoritas
Roman citizenship
Cursus honorum
Assemblies
Centuriate
Curiate
Plebeian
Tribal
Ordinary magistrates
Consul
Praetor
Quaestor
Promagistrate
Aedile
Tribune
Censor
Governor
Extraordinary magistrates
Corrector
Dictator
Magister equitum
Consular tribune
Rex
Triumviri
Decemviri
Public law
Mos maiorum
Ius
Senatus consultum
Quaestio perpetua
Senatus consultum ultimum
Titles and honours
Emperor
Legatus
Dux
Officium
Praeses
Praefectus
Vicarius
Vigintisexviri
Triumvir monetalis
Lictor
Magister militum
Imperator
Princeps senatus
Pontifex maximus
Augustus
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The king of Rome (Latin: rex Romae) was the ruler of the Roman Kingdom.[1] 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 last king was overthrown. These kings ruled for an average of 35 years.
The kings after Romulus were not known to be dynasts and no reference is made to the hereditary principle until after the fifth king Tarquinius Priscus. Consequently, some have assumed that the Tarquins' attempt to institute a hereditary monarchy over this conjectured earlier elective monarchy resulted in the formation of the Republic.
^Outline of Roman History William C. Morey, Ph.D., D.C.L. New York, Cincinnati, Chicago: American Book Company (1901)
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