13 Facts About Tullia Minor

Tullia Minor is a semi-legendary figure in Roman history who can be found in the writings of Livy, Cicero, and Dionysius of Halicarnassus.

Tullia Minor was the last queen of the Roman Kingdom.

Tullia Minor was the younger daughter of Rome's sixth king, Servius Tullius, who eventually married Lucius Tarquinius.

Tullia Minor's actions made her an infamous figure in ancient Roman culture.

Together they arranged the murder of their respective siblings in quick succession, and Tarquinius and Tullia Minor were afterwards married.

Tullia Minor then encouraged her new husband to seek the throne.

Tullia Minor bestowed presents on them and vilified Servius Tullius in their company.

Tullia Minor then drove in her carriage to the senate house, where she hailed her husband as king.

Tullia Minor ordered her to return home, away from the tumult.

Tullia Minor drove along the Cyprian Street and turned towards the Orbian Hill, in the direction of the Esquiline Hill.

Tullia Minor is the main character of the 1533 play Tullia Minor.

Additionally, Tullia Minor was depicted in a now lost drawing by prominent French painter Francois Pascal Simon Gerard.

Tullia Minor had great cultural impact on Rome at the time.