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Lucius Iunius Brutus

Brutus

Founder of the Roman Republic and one of the first two consuls (509 BC); led the expulsion of the Tarquins after the rape of Lucretia.

Reading notes

Second Philippic §26 the image of Lucius Brutus
L. Iunius Brutus expelled the last king Tarquin and founded the Republic in 509 BC; Marcus Brutus the assassin claimed descent from him and from C. Servilius Ahala, who slew the would-be tyrant Spurius Maelius.
Tusculan Disputations §1.89 Lucius Brutus would not have fallen in battle while barring the return of the tyrant
L. Iunius Brutus, founder of the Republic, who expelled the Tarquins and died in 509 BC fighting Arruns Tarquinius. He heads a roll of Romans who met certain death for the state without counting it an evil.