Tarquinius Superbus was the son of Tarquinius Priscus, the fifth king of Rome, inheriting both his father's ambition and his claim to the Roman throne.
⚠ Dionysius of Halicarnassus (Roman Antiquities 4.6-7) argues on chronological grounds that Superbus was Priscus's grandson, not his son, though Livy treats him as a direct son.
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