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রোমান রাজতন্ত্রের পতন

A 16th-century painting by Sandro Botticelli, depicting the rape of Lucretia and the subsequent uprising.
তারিখআনু. 505 BC (traditionally 509 BC)
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Revolutionary victory

রোমান রাজতন্ত্রের পতন একটি ঘটনা, যা খ্রীষ্টপূর্ব ৬ষ্ঠ থেকে ৫ম শতাব্দীর মাঝামাঝি সময়ে প্রাচীণ রোমে সংঘটিত হয়েছিল। এতে লুসিয়াস তারকুয়িনিয়াস জুনিয়াসের নেতৃত্বে এক রাজনৈতিক বিপ্লবের মাধ্যমে রোমান রাজতন্ত্রের স্থলে প্রজাতন্ত্র প্রতিষ্ঠা করা হয়। The details of the event were largely forgotten by the Romans a few centuries later; later Roman historians invented a narrative of the events, traditionally dated to আনু. 509 BC, but largely believed to be fictitious by modern scholars.

The traditional narrative story involves a dynastic struggle in which the king's second son, Sextus Tarquinius, rapes a noblewoman, Lucretia. Upon revealing the assault to some Roman noblemen, she kills herself. The Roman noblemen, led by Lucius Junius Brutus, obtain the support of the Roman aristocracy and the people to expel the king and his family and create a republic. The Roman army, supporting Brutus, forces the king into exile. Despite a number of attempts by Lucius Tarquinius Superbus to reinstate the monarchy, the Roman people are successful in establishing a republic and thereafter elected two consuls annually to rule the city.

Many modern scholars dismiss this narrative as fictitious. There does not exist, however, any concrete evidence for or against it. Various scholars have dismissed aspects of the traditional story, from the historicity of almost all of its major characters to the overthrow's entire existence.