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=== Tarquin the Elder ===
When approaching Rome (where Tarquin was heading to try his luck in politics after unsuccessful attempts in his native [[Tarquinii]]), an eagle swooped down, removed his hat, flew screaming in circles, replaced the hat on his head and flew away. Tarquin's wife [[Tanaquil]] [[augury|interpreted]] this as a sign that he would become king based on the bird, the quadrant of the sky from which it came, the god who had sent it and the fact it touched his hat (an item of clothing placed on a man's most noble part, the head).<ref>R. Bloch ''Prodigi e divinazione nell' antica Roma'' Roma 1973. Citing Livy I 34, 8–10.</ref>

The Elder Tarquin is credited with introducing the Capitoline Triad to Rome, by building the so-called Capitolium Vetus. Macrobius writes this issued from his Samothracian mystery beliefs.<ref>Macrobius ''Saturnalia'' III 6.</ref>