What was the ethnicity of Lucius Tarquinius Priscus's father?
Greek
Roman
Etruscan
Carthaginian
Answer
Lucius Tarquinius Priscus's father, Demaratus, was a Greek from Corinth. He moved to Rome in the early 6th century BC and married a Roman woman. Their son, Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, was the first Etruscan king of Rome. Demaratus is said to have introduced the Etruscan alphabet to Rome.
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