person
Arruns Tarquinius
Arruns
also: Arruns, Arruntem, Aruns Tarquinius
Son of the deposed king Tarquinius Superbus, who fell in single combat with the consul Lucius Junius Brutus at the battle of Silva Arsia (509 BC), each killing the other by mutual blows. Cicero uses the duel to ask whether Brutus's courage was driven by hatred of the tyrant rather than by reason.
Reading notes
- Tusculan Disputations §4.50 his boundless hatred of the tyrant, he charged the more unbridledly against Arruns
Arruns, son of Tarquinius Superbus, who fell in single combat with the consul Lucius Junius Brutus in 509 BC, each killing the other. Cicero allows that Brutus's hatred of the tyrant's house may here have made his courage unbridled.