"did from the streets of Rome / The Tarquin drive"AllusionAct 2,Scene 1Lines 53-54An explanation of the reference to Tarquin in Act 2, Scene 1 of myShakespeare's Julius Caesar. Brutus My ancestors did from the streets of Rome The Tarquin drive, when he was call'd a king. It was Brutus’ famous ancestor who, centuries earlier, led the rebellion which overthrew the tyrant Tarquin king and established the Roman Republic.
