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Lucius Tarquinius Superbus

600 BC - 495 BC

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Lucius Tarquinius Superbus (died 495 BC) was the legendary seventh and final king of Rome, reigning 25 years until the popular uprising that led to the establishment of the Roman Republic. He is commonly known as Tarquin the Proud, from his cognomen Superbus (Latin for "proud, arrogant, lofty").Ancient accounts of the regal period mingle history and legend. Tarquin was said to have been either the son or grandson of Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, the fifth king of Rome, and to have gained the throne through the murders of both his wife and his elder brother, followed by the assassination of his predecessor, Servius Tullius. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lucius Tarquinius Superbus has received more than 1,462,440 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Lucius Tarquinius Superbus is the 199th most popular politician (up from 227th in 2019), the 77th most popular biography from Italy (up from 95th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Italian Politician.

Lucius Tarquinius Superbus was a king of Rome. He is most famous for being the last king of Rome.

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  • 77.95

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  • 54

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 15.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Lucius Tarquinius Superbus has had the most page views in the with 215,063 views, followed by Spanish (58,031), and Italian (48,860). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Kurdish (Kurmanji) (144.87%), Irish (64.07%), and Esperanto (59.43%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus ranks 199 out of 19,576. Before him are Salman of Saudi Arabia, Ali Khamenei, Batu Khan, William I, German Emperor, Louis the Pious, and A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. After him are Henry III of France, Hosni Mubarak, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, Bayezid I, Mehmed I, and Darius III.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600 BC, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus ranks 2. Before him is Cyrus the Great. After him are Tomyris, Esther, Lucretia, Ānanda, Servius Tullius, Peisistratos, Hippasus, Yaśodharā, Cambyses I, and Belshazzar. Among people deceased in 495 BC, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus ranks 2. Before him is Pythagoras. After him is Hystaspes.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus ranks 77 out of 5,161. Before him are Luciano Pavarotti (1935), Titus (41), Lucrezia Borgia (1480), Vitruvius (-75), Zeno of Elea (-490), and Mark Antony (-83). After him are Giotto (1267), Ennio Morricone (1928), Catherine de' Medici (1519), Giorgio Vasari (1511), Pope Pius V (1504), and Pope Pius XI (1857).

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Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus ranks 18. Before him are Pontius Pilate (-12), Tiberius (-42), Vespasian (9), Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (1194), Titus (41), and Mark Antony (-83). After him are Sonia Gandhi (1946), Domitian (51), Marcus Licinius Crassus (-115), Antoninus Pius (86), Victor Emmanuel II of Italy (1820), and Numa Pompilius (-753).

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