Ab Urbe Condita 1.60

Liv. 1.60.1Hārum rērum nūntiīs in castra perlātīs cum rē novā trepidus rēx pergeret Rōmam ad comprimendōs mōtūs, flexit viam Brūtus— sēnserat enim adventum—, nē obvius fieret;

When news of these events reached the camp, and the king, alarmed by the new situation, was hurrying to Rome to put down the uprising, Brutus turned aside from the road (for he had learned of his approach), so as not to meet him;

Note. senserat enim adventum: a parenthesis explaining why Brutus took another road.

Liv. 1.60.1eōdemque ferē tempore dīversīs itineribus Brūtus Ardeam, Tarquinius Rōmam vēnērunt.

and at about the same time, by different routes, Brutus reached Ardea and Tarquinius Rome.

Liv. 1.60.1Tarquiniō clausae portae exiliumque indictum;

The gates were shut against Tarquinius and exile declared;

Note. exiliumque indictum (est): 'and exile was proclaimed'. The king was shut out of his own city.

Liv. 1.60.2līberātōrem urbis laeta castra accēpēre, exāctīque inde līberī rēgis.

the camp gladly received the liberator of the city, and the king's sons were driven out.

Liv. 1.60.2Duo patrem secūtī sunt, quī exulātum Caere in Etrūscōs iērunt.

Two followed their father, who went into exile at Caere among the Etruscans.

Note. exulatum: supine of purpose after a verb of motion, 'they went to live in exile'. Caere was a major Etruscan city.

Liv. 1.60.2Sex. Tarquinius Gabiōs tamquam in suum regnum profectus ab ultōribus veterum simultātium, quās sibi ipse caedibus rapīnīsque concīverat, est interfectus.

Sextus Tarquinius set out for Gabii, as if to his own kingdom, and was killed by men avenging old feuds which he himself had stirred up by his murders and robberies.

Note. Sextus is killed at Gabii, the town he had taken by treachery — a fitting end in Livy's telling.

Liv. 1.60.2L. Tarquinius Superbus regnāvit annōs quīnque et vīgintī.

Lucius Tarquinius Superbus reigned twenty-five years.

Liv. 1.60.3Regnātum Rōmae ab conditā urbe ad līberātam annōs ducentōs quadrāgintā quattuor.

Kings ruled at Rome from the founding of the city to its liberation for two hundred and forty-four years.

Note. Regnatum (est): impersonal passive, 'there was kingly rule'. The traditional dates: Rome founded 753 BC, kings expelled 509 BC.

Liv. 1.60.4Duo cōnsulēs inde comitiīs centuriātīs ā praefectō urbis ex commentāriīs Servī Tullī creātī sunt, L. Iūnius Brūtus et L. Tarquinius Conlātīnus.

Then two consuls were elected by the prefect of the city in the assembly of the centuries, according to the records of Servius Tullius: Lucius Iunius Brutus and Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus.

Note. Two consuls replace the king, elected in the comitia centuriata, the assembly organised by centuries that Livy credits to Servius Tullius. Brutus and Collatinus open the list of consuls with which Book II begins.