Tarquin : seven kings of this name ruled Rome before 509 BC, probably the legendary of Etruscan dynasty; two of them are permitted by scholars to historical: Tarquinius Priscus & Lucius Tarquinius Superbus; the latter (ruled c.534-10 BC) all democratic legislation & killed many senators leading to a popular uprising which exiled him. Sri Aurobindo refers to him as Tarquin the Proud.
... the Caesars, while avoiding the detested name and form of kingship, yet ruled Rome under the harmless titles of Princeps and Imperator, first man of the state and general, far more despotically than Tarquin could have done. Under whatever disguises the change may steal upon the people, one thing is certain that if Lord Morley and the Anglo-Indian proconsuls succeed in perpetuating absolutism in India ...
... The only result was that the calm resolution of the people received its first tinge of fierce indignation. Then the bureaucracy hurriedly resolved to lop off the tall heads—the policy of the tyrant Tarquin which is always the resort of men without judgment or statesmanship. Lala Hansraj, one of the most revered and beloved of the Punjab leaders, a man grown grey in the quiet and selfless service of his ...
... country forward is a force no man has created and which no man can control. As well ask a man who has become adult to return to the age of childhood as India Page The British Government is like Tarquin with the Sibyl; the terms it has refused will no longer be offered to it. It might have purchased contentment, a new lease of Indian confidence and a long spell of ease at a very small price only three ...
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