Editing Lucius Tarquinius Priscus (section)

=== Construction ===
[[File:Tarquin the Elder consulting Attus Nevius the Augur, Ricci, Sebastiano.png|thumb|254x254px|Tarquin the Elder consulting Attus Nevius the Augur]]
Tarquin is said to have built the [[Circus Maximus]], the first and largest stadium at Rome, for chariot racing.<ref name="EB1911"/> The Circus Maximus started out as an underwhelming piece of land, but was built into a grand and beautiful stadium. Raised seating was erected privately by the senators and equites, and other areas were marked out for private citizens. There the king established a series of annual games; according to Livy, the first horses and boxers to participate were brought from Etruria.<ref name=Livy135/> It received the name Circus Maximus as a way to set it apart from the other stadiums built at this time in a similar fashion.<ref>{{Citation|last=Gellius|first=Aulus|editor1-first=P. K|editor1-last=Marshall|title=Noctes Atticae|date=1968-03-13|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oseo/instance.00134296|work=Oxford Classical Texts: Aulus Gellius Noctes Atticae, Vol. 1: Libri I–X|pages=1|publisher=Oxford University Press|doi=10.1093/oseo/instance.00134296|isbn=978-0-19-814651-3|access-date=2020-12-04}}</ref>

After a great flood, Tarquin drained the damp lowlands of Rome by constructing the [[Cloaca Maxima]], Rome's great sewer.<ref name="EB1911"/> The arch was constructed in 578 BC and took inspiration from Etruscan structures of the earlier period.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Campbell|first=Nicole|title=Columbia Encyclopedia|publisher=Columbia University Press|year=2001|isbn=978-0787650155|edition=6th|location=New York|page=6}}</ref>  He also constructed a stone wall around the city, and began the construction of a temple in honour of [[Jupiter (god)|Jupiter]] Optimus Maximus on the [[Capitoline Hill]].  The latter is said to have been funded in part by the plunder seized from the Sabines.<ref name=Livy138/>