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- Servius Tullius reigned for forty-four years, and even a wise and good successor would havefound it difficult to fill the throne as he had done. The glory of his reign was all the greater becatention of abdicating, becausepower was vested in a single person. This purpose of giving freedom to the State was cut short bycrime within his family.
- Servius Tullius reigned for forty-four years, and even a wise and good successor would have found it difficult to fill the throne as he had done. The glory of his reign was all the greater because with him perished all just and legitimate kingship in Rome. Gentle and moderate his sway had been. - Livy 1.48
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- *The common people of Rome respond positively to Servius Tullius, who has prioritized for them by assigning them land, shifting responsibility onto the richer people of Rome, and the creation of the census. No Wonder Servius Tullius soon thereafter became one of the most well liked and regarded Kings...*
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- Since he had no hope of winning the affections of the citizens, he had to maintain his domination by fear. To make himself more dreaded, he conducted trials in capital cases without council, and under this presence he was able to put to death, banish, or fine not only those whom he suspected or disliked, but also those from whom his only goal was to extort money.- Livy 1.49
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- *The common people of Rome respond negatively to Servius Tullius' informal successor Tarquinius Superbus. As Superbus reigned with arrogance, corruption and murder, he soon became regarded as a tyrant who instilled fear into the common people of Rome.
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- Tarquinius Superbus:
- Servius Tullius:
- Thus the moral treatment of people as ruler is a lesson to be learned with Servius Tullius and Tarquinius Superbus, as their public perceptions have been immortalized through the writings of Livy for people to analyze for millenias.
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