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Die Figur der Tanaquil nimmt während der Regierungszeit der letzten drei Könige Roms eine wichtige Position ein. Sie spielt nicht nur eine entscheidende Rolle bei der Thronbesteigung von Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, sondern auch bei der Geburtssage des Servius Tullius.

Brittanica: Tanaquil then won the crown for her son-in-law, Servius Tullius. She earned renown for her skill at spinning and weaving. The Roman writer Pliny (1st–2nd century AD) reported that there was a statue to her as Gaia Caecilia in the temple of Semo Sancus, where her distaff and spindle were preserved as relics. Thus she became a model of virtue for Roman brides. Scholars have, however, concluded that Tanaquil and Gaia Caecilia were probably distinct characters.

The Oxford Classical Dictionary$ The Oxford Classical Dictionary (3 rev. ed.) Edited by Simon Hornblower and Antony Spawforth Publisher: Oxford University Press Print Publication Date: 2005 Print ISBN-13: 9780198606413 Published online: 2005 Current Online Version: 2005 eISBN: 9780199567386 was wife of Tarquinius Priscus. In Livy (1. 34) she fosters Priscus' ambition, encourages his emigration to Rome, and interprets an eagle omen as portending his future kingship. She subsequently similarly explains a fire portent concerning Servius Tullius (and in other accounts the previous appearance of a phallus that led to Servius' birth) and engineers Servius' succession after Priscus' assassination. Tanaquil's role in the Tarquin dynasty and her prophetic powers probably belong to the earliest Roman literary accounts (cf. Q. Fabius Pictor fr. 11b Peter; Ennius Annales 145–6 Skutsch), but only Livy develops her as a masterful political figure; other traditions apparently stressed her domestic rectitude (cf. Ennius Annales 147 Skutsch; Pliny Naturalis historia 8. 194; Festus 85 Lindsay). That she originated as a human double of Fortuna is unsubstantiated speculation, and though her name is Etruscan, her portrayal probably reflects Greek literary models and Roman male preoccupations rather than an enhanced role for women in Etruscan society.

Ogilvie's Commentary

Frauengestalten im Geschichtswerk des T. Livius von Barbara Kowalewski books.google.de

Ludwig Euing: Die Sage von Tanaquil. Frankfurter Studien zur Religion und Kultur der Antike, hrsg. von Walter F. Otto, Bd. II, Frankfurt 1933. Pp.53. M.3-50.

Robert Werner: Der Beginn der Römischen Republik: Historisch-chronologische Untersuchungen. München 1963. S.377.