(D)eanae sac:r(um)/ (Q) Tarquitius/ f(ilius) Camilia (tribu) Restitu(tu)s/ Pisauro C(enturio) leg(ionis) I M(inerviae) P(iae) F(idelis)/ intra mens(es)/ sex captis/ (ur)sis n(umero) L(quinquaginta) v(otum) s(oluit) l(ibens) m(erito).
"Dedicated to Diana by Quintis Tarquitius, son of Quintus, from the tribus camilia, from Pisaurum (city in Umbria). Officer from the 1st Legion Minervia, victorious, pious. Within six months he cought 50 bears. LVSLM."
Inscription was found in the city of Cologne. Propably 3rd c. AD
Lucius Tarquitius Etruscus Name taken from fragmentary text, no other information as of yet.
Lucius Tarquitius Flaccus
Served as Magister Equitium under the Dictator Cincinnatus in 458 bce. Livy tells us that he is a patrician, though too poor to keep a horse. Also stated by Livy is that this Tarquitius was by far the best soldier in the land.
The following morning the dictator went, before daylight, into the Forum and named as his Master of the Horse, Lucius Tarquitius, a member of a patrician house, but owing to his poverty he had served in the infantry, where he was considered by far the finest of the Roman soldiers. In company with the Master of the Horse the dictator proceeded to the Assembly, proclaimed a suspension of all public business, ordered the shops to be closed throughout the City, and forbade the transaction of any private business whatever. Then he ordered all who were of military age to appear fully armed in the Campus Martius before sunset, each with five days' provisions and twelve palisades. Those who were beyond that age were required to cook the rations for their neighbours, whilst they were getting their arms ready and looking for palisades. So the soldiers dispersed to hunt for palisades; they took them from the nearest places , no one was interfered with, all were eager to carry out the dictator's edict. The formation of the army was equally adapted for marching or, if circumstances required for fighting; the dictator led the legions in person, the Master of the Horse was at the head of his cavalry. To both bodies words of encouragement were addressed suitable to the emergency, exhorting them to march at extra speed, for there was need of haste if they were to reach the enemy at night; a Roman army with its consul had been now invested for three days, it was uncertain what a day or a night might bring forth, tremendous issues often turned on a moment of time.
The men shouted to one another, "Hurry on, standard-bearer!" "Follow up, soldiers!" to the great gratification of their leaders. They reached Algidus at midnight, and on finding that they were near the enemy, halted.
Livius, Hist, III, 27
Lucius Tarquitius Priscus
Tarquitius Priscus was a haruspex who lived in the late Republic. He was a contemporary of and good friends with Varro. Priscus wrote several books as well, some on divination and religion.
Marcus Tarquitius Priscus, A Consul and Senator Damnatus isdem consulibus Tarquitius Priscus repetundarum Bithynis interrogantibus, magno patrum gaudio, quia accusatum ab eo Statilium Taurum pro consule ipsius meminerant.
Tacitus, Annales, XIV, 46, 1 At Claudius saevissima quaeque promere adigebatur eiusdem Agrippinae artibus, quae Statilium Taurum opibus inlustrem hortis eius inhians pervertit accusante Tarquitio Prisco. legatus is Tauri Africam imperio proconsulari regentis, postquam revenerant, pauca repetundarum crimina, ceterum magicas superstitiones obiectabat. nec ille diutius falsum accusatorem, indignas sordis perpessus vim vitae suae attulit ante sententiam senatus. Tarquitius tamen curia exactus est; quod patres odio delatoris contra ambitum Agrippinae pervicere.
Tacitus, Annales, XII, 59 Claudius, on the other hand, was being prompted to exhibit the worst cruelty by the artifices of the same Agrippina. On the accusation of Tarquitius Priscus, she ruined Statilius Taurus, who was famous for his wealth, and at whose gardens she cast a greedy eye. Priscus had served under Taurus in his proconsular government of Africa, and after their return charged him with a few acts of extortion, but particularly with magical and superstitious practices. Taurus, no longer able to endure a false accusation and an undeserved humiliation, put a violent end to his life before the Senate's decision was pronounced. Tarquitius was however expelled from the Senate, a point which the senators carried, out of hatred for the accuser, notwithstanding the intrigues of Agrippina.
Caius Tarquitius, a Quaestor 
Reverse: C.TARQVITI. P. F; Q
Quaestor Caius Tarquitius Publii Filius
Coin from Spain, first century BC Q. Manlius Tarquitius Saturninus, a Consul Named on a Inscription from the facade of the Temple of Magna Mater in the Forum Vetus, Leptis Magna. Neronian period. Marcus Tarquitius Saturninus He was a tribunus angusticlavus in the Legio III Italica and in the XXII Deioterana. his tombstone was found in Veii. |
