Tullius, Servius

Servius Tullius (ca. 578-535 BCE) was the legendary sixth king of the Roman people and second king of the Etruscan Tarquin dynasty, having married the daughter of Tarquinius Priscus. He is credited with being a benevolent king, attempting to improve the lives of the lower classes by establishing a census that divided male Romans into five classes for tax purposes and exposed the wealth of the aristocracy, instated reforms that gave the common people more power, built the Servian wall to protect the city (part of which still stands today.) He married his daughters to the sons of his predecessor, but his youngest daughter, Tullia Minor, and the husband of his eldest daughter, Lucius, plotted together and murdered their respective siblings, married each other, then murdered Servius Tullius, allowing Lucius to gain the throne under the name Tarquinius Superbus (Tarquin the Proud.) Servius Tullius reigned as king for 44 years and was assassinated for improving the lives of the lower classes.