One holder of this position received a shield with indecipherable characters that fell from the sky, ending a plague.
One holder of this position received a shield with indecipherable characters that fell from the sky, ending a plague. It has nothing to do with Thrasybulus, but the final holder of this position illustrated a battle strategy by decapitating the tallest poppies in his garden. The first of them saw twelve vultures circling the sky and murdered a rival with a pickaxe after the rival (*) jumped a low wall. The last person to hold this position was overthrown after his son Sextus raped the noblewoman Lucretia. They included Numa Pompilius, originally a Sabine, and the tyrant Tarquinius Superbus. For 10 points, name these monarchs who ruled a city first established by Romulus.
One holder of this position received a shield with indecipherable characters that fell from the sky, ending a plague.
king of Rome [or Roman kings or rex Romae or reges Romae; prompt on "Roman monarchs" or the like so we can rule out "Roman Emperors" as an answer]