Servius Tullius

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[sur-vee-uhs tuhl-ee-uhs] / ˈsɜr vi əs ˈtʌl i əs /

noun

1. the legendary sixth king of ancient Rome who built the city walls and whose accession to the throne was prophesied by and secured with the help of Tanaquil, the widow of the previous king: assassinated by his daughter Tullia and her husband Tarquin.

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Servius Tullius

Servius Tullius divided the people into five classes, according to the value of their property.

From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund

Servius Tullius was the author of the famous division of the people into centuries, which Livy and Dionysius Halicarnassus have so well described.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 by Various

They relate, that the head of a boy, called Servius Tullius, as he lay fast asleep, blazed with fire in the sight of many persons.

From The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livius, Titus

When Servius Tullius enclosed the city with his walls, there were twenty-four such altars, called sacraria Argeorum.

From Pagan and Christian Rome by Lanciani, Rodolfo Amedeo

Amongst the buildings which once existed in the Forum Boarium, but of which no trace remains, were the Temple of the Sabine deity Matuta, and the Temple of Fortune, both ascribed to Servius Tullius.

From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.