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Servius Tullius, born Mastarna in 600 BCE, was a male politician and King of Rome. He belonged to the Tullia gens and held social classifications of slave, freedman, and royalty. His children were Tullia Major and Tullia Minor.
He died in Rome in either 535 BCE or 534 BCE. His manner of death was homicide. He is described in sources including the Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, and Pauly–Wissowa.
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- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ancient Rome
- Place of birth
- Rome
- Place of death
- Rome
- Child
- Tullia Major
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- King of Rome
- Image
- Servius Tullius by Frans Huys.jpg
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- Commons category
- Servius Tullius
- date of death
- 0534-00-00
- described by source
- Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
- date of birth
- 0600-00-00
- topic's main category
- Category:Servius Tullius
- name in native language
- Ser.Tullius
- gens
- Tullia gens
- social classification
- royalty
- manner of death
- homicide
- birth name
- Mastarna
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Encyclopedic overview
Servius Tullius was the legendary sixth king of Rome, and the second of its Etruscan dynasty. He reigned from 578 to 535 BC. Roman and Greek sources describe his servile origins and later marriage to a daughter of Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, Rome's first Etruscan king, who was assassinated in 579 BC. The constitutional basis for his accession is unclear; he is variously described as the first Roman king to accede without election by the Senate, having gained the throne by popular and royal support; and as the first to be elected by the Senate alone, with support of the reigning queen but without recourse to a popular vote.
Several traditions describe Servius's father as divine. Livy depicts Servius's mother as a captured Latin princess enslaved by the Romans; her child is chosen as Rome's future king after a ring of fire is seen around his head. The Emperor Claudius discounted such origins and described him as an originally Etruscan mercenary, named Mastarna, who fought for Caelius Vibenna.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Servius Tullius” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.