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He was guardian to an orphan, one of the richest of the country, and much admired for his beauty, whose name was Lucumo.
The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003
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In his reign Lucumo comes to Rome; assumes the name of Tarquinius; and, after the death of Ancus, is raised to the throne.
The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 Titus Livius
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This man had acquired a considerable fortune by trade, which was inherited by his son Lucumo, who took the name of Tarquinius, from Tarquinia, a city of Hetruria, where his wife Tanaquil lived, previous to her marriage.
Domestic Pleasures, or, the Happy Fire-side Frances Bowyer Vaux
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Tarquinii, an Etruscan city; the boy had been named Lucumo.
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By port and vest, by horse and crest, each warlike Lucumo.
The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 Ontario. Ministry of Education
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As the Etrurians despised Lucumo, because sprung from a foreign exile, she could not bear the affront, and regardless of the innate love of her native country, provided she might see her husband advanced to honours, she formed the determination to leave Tarquinii.
The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 Titus Livius
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In the reign of Ancus, Lucumo, a rich and enterprising man, came to settle at Rome, prompted chiefly by the desire and hope of obtaining great preferment there, which he had no means of attaining at Tarquinii
The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 Titus Livius
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Lucumo survived his father, and became heir to all his property.
The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 Titus Livius
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And when his wealth already inspired Lucumo, on the other hand, the heir of all his father's wealth, with elevated notions, Tanaquil, whom he married, further increased such feeling, she being descended from a very high family, and one who would not readily brook the condition into which she had married to be inferior to that in which she had been born.
The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 Titus Livius
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Aruns, a native of Clusium, introduced wine into Gaul for the purpose of enticing the nation, through resentment for his wife's having been debauched by Lucumo, whose guardian he himself had been, a very influential young man, and on whom vengeance could not be taken, unless foreign aid were resorted to; that this person served as a guide to them when crossing the Alps, and advised them to lay siege to Clusium.
The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 Titus Livius
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