Another sign of his forward looking and industrious nature was the city wall which he began. This attitude also extended to political affairs. He was responsible, for example, for increasing the number of senators to three-hundred and for increasing the number of knights.

His death as ascribed to treachery by the sons of Ancus Marcius.

6. Servius Tullius

The legend goes that the sixth king of Rome, Servius Tullius, "…had been marked out for a great future by a miraculous fire which played round his infant head as he slept in the palace."

He became prominent in society and married one of the daughters of Tarquinas.

When he became ruler of Rome he completed the establishment of the city walls and was responsible for initiating many permanent institutions. The wall that he built, "extended for about three-quarters of a mile from the Colline gate, and the townwall which enclosed the...
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