Arruns, also spelled Aruns, is an
Etruscan praenomen
The ''praenomen'' (; plural: ''praenomina'') was a personal name chosen by the parents of a Roman child. It was first bestowed on the '' dies lustricus'' (day of lustration), the eighth day after the birth of a girl, or the ninth day after the b ...
, thought to mean "prince." Various figures in Roman history were known by this name, including:
*Arruns Porsena, son of
Lars Porsena, the legendary king of
Clusium
Clusium ( grc-gre, Κλύσιον, ''Klýsion'', or , ''Kloúsion''; Umbrian:''Camars'') was an ancient city in Italy, one of several found at the site. The current municipality of Chiusi (Tuscany) partly overlaps this Roman walled city. The Ro ...
.
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Arruns Tarquinius (son of Demaratus), the grandfather of
Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus, one of the first
Roman consul
A consul held the highest elected political office of the Roman Republic ( to 27 BC), and ancient Romans considered the consulship the second-highest level of the '' cursus honorum'' (an ascending sequence of public offices to which polit ...
s in 509 BC;
*
Arruns Tarquinius (Egerius), the father of Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus;
*
Arruns Tarquinius (brother of Tarquin the Proud), murdered by his wife,
Tullia, who subsequently married his brother,
Lucius, the seventh and last
King of Rome
The king of Rome ( la, rex Romae) was the ruler of the Roman Kingdom. According to legend, the first king of Rome was Romulus, who founded the city in 753 BC upon the Palatine Hill. Seven legendary kings are said to have ruled Rome until 509 ...
;
*
Arruns Tarquinius (son of Tarquin the Proud), slain in battle with
Lucius Junius Brutus
Lucius Junius Brutus ( 6th century BC) was the semi-legendary founder of the Roman Republic, and traditionally one of its first consuls in 509 BC. He was reputedly responsible for the expulsion of his uncle the Roman king Tarquinius Superbus af ...
, colleague of Tarquinius Collatinus.
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