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    The document discusses the uncertain historical details about Lucius Junius Brutus, who was claimed to be an ancestor of the noble Junia family in Rome. While traditions say he helped overthrow the last Roman king Tarquinius and become one of Rome's first consuls, some scholars argue it was actually the Etruscan king Porsenna who overthrew Tarquinius. Doubts also exist about Brutus' aristocratic background and role as consul given the later low social status of the Junia family.

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    The document discusses the uncertain historical details about Lucius Junius Brutus, who was claimed to be an ancestor of the noble Junia family in Rome. While traditions say he helped overthrow the last Roman king Tarquinius and become one of Rome's first consuls, some scholars argue it was actually the Etruscan king Porsenna who overthrew Tarquinius. Doubts also exist about Brutus' aristocratic background and role as consul given the later low social status of the Junia family.

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    The document discusses the uncertain historical details about Lucius Junius Brutus, who was claimed to be an ancestor of the noble Junia family in Rome. While traditions say he helped overthrow the last Roman king Tarquinius and become one of Rome's first consuls, some scholars argue it was actually the Etruscan king Porsenna who overthrew Tarquinius. Doubts also exist about Brutus' aristocratic background and role as consul given the later low social status of the Junia family.

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    He was claimed as an ancestor of the Roman 411

    Junia, including Decimus Junius Brutus, and Marcus Junius


    Brutus, the most notorious of Julius Caesar's cutthroats. Traditions about his life may have been fictional, and
    some scholars argue that it was the Etruscan king Porsenna who overthrew Tarquinius. The proletarian status
    of the Junia gens has also raised dubieties about his position as a consul and the contended original
    aristocratic domination of the office. Depicted as the whoreson of Tarquinius, he may have represented the
    internal pressures that passed during the transition between the monarchy and the democracy.( 2)

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