Transcript 7-TarquinSuperbus

Tarquinius Superbus
and the Sibylline
Books
Having murdered Servius
Tullius, Tarquinius Superbus
was now the new king.
Tarquinius, however, was not
the smartest man.
One day, an old woman came
to Tarquinius, carrying nine
Books.
She told him that these nine
books foretold the future and
that the books were for sale.
When asked how much the
books were, the old woman
demanded a huge price.
Tarquinius refused; the old
woman then threw three of
the nine books into the fire.
The old woman then offered
the remaining six books for
the same price as the nine.
Show
me the
money!!
Once again, when he refused,
she threw three more books
into the fire.
The old woman then revealed
herself as the Sibyl, a famous
prophetess.
Tarquinius finally realized the
importance of these books and
bought them for the price of the
nine books.
When he asked her to rewrite
what was in the lost six
books, she refused.
These books became known
as the Sibylline Books and were
buried under the Capitoline Hill.
The Romans consulted these
books in times of war and
natural disasters to find out
the answers.
Tarquinius had a son also
named Tarquinius Superbus.
There was a very virtuous
woman named Lucretia.
One night, Lucretia and her
husband had the Superbus
family over for dinner.
When they left, Tarquinius
Superbus, Jr. returned and
raped Lucretia.
Rather than endure the
shame of being raped,
Lucretia killed herself.
This event angered the
Roman people.
The Romans needed a hero
who would save them from
the Superbus family; they
were led by a man named
Brutus.
Brutus and the rest of the
Roman people chased
Tarquinius and his family
out of Rome.
Brutus then changed the
form of government from
a monarchy to a republic.
Would Tarquinius
return?
TO BE
CONTINUED