The historians' history of the world in twenty-five volumes, volume 05
CHAPTER IV
THE BANISHMENT OF THE KINGS--CRITICISMS OF MONARCHIAL HISTORY (_ca._ 510 B.C.) 85
Tarquinius consults the oracle, 85. The rape of Lucretia, 86. Niebuhr on the story of Lucretia, 87. The banishment of Tarquinius, 88. Porsenna’s war upon the Romans; the story of Horatius at the bridge, as told by Dionysius, 90. Caius Mucius and King Porsenna, 92. Battle of Lake Regillus, 93. The myths of the Roman kings critically examined, 95. The historical value of the myths, 100.