Tarquinius Superbus married Tullia Minor after they conspired to murder both their previous spouses, then seized the throne by overthrowing and killing Tullia Minor's father Servius Tullius. Their son Sextus Tarquinius would provoke the fall of the monarchy by his crime against Lucretia.
Sextus Tarquinius stole into Lucretia's chamber by night and raped her at sword-point, threatening to place a slave's naked body beside hers if she resisted — a violation that became the most infamous crime in Roman legendary history.
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