Editing Lucius Tarquinius Priscus (section)

=== Rise to power ===
Although Ancus Marcius was the grandson of [[Numa Pompilius]], the second King of Rome, the principle of hereditary monarchy was not yet established at Rome; none of the first three kings had been succeeded by their sons, and each subsequent king had been acclaimed by the people.  Upon the death of Marcius, Tarquin addressed the ''[[Legislative Assemblies of the Roman Kingdom#Curiate Assembly|Comitia Curiata]]'' and convinced them that he should be elected king over his predecessor's natural sons, who were still only youths,<ref>{{Cite book|last=Henry Dyer|first=Thomas|title=The History of the Kings of Rome|publisher=Lippincott|year=1868|pages=230–270}}</ref> making him the first Roman king to ever actively succeed at lobbying for the throne.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Livy.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191752403|title=The rise of Rome : books one to five|others=Luce, T. James (Torrey James), 1932–|date=2008|isbn=978-0-19-954004-4|edition=New|location=Oxford|page=140|oclc=191752403}}</ref> In one tradition, the sons were away on a hunting expedition at the time of their father's death, and were thus unable to affect the assembly's choice.<ref name=Livy135>[[Livy]], ''[[Ab urbe condita libri (Livy)|Ab urbe condita]]'', [[s:From the Founding of the City/Book 1#35|1:35]]</ref>