Collatīnus, L.
Tarquinius
Grandson of Aruns, elder brother of Tarquinius Priscus. He derived his surname from
Collatia, where he resided, and with the principality of which he was invested. Collatinus was
the husband of the celebrated
Lucretia (q.v.), and
after the expulsion of the Tarquins, he and Brutus were elected the first consuls. His
relationship, however, to the Tarquin family excited distrust, and when a law was passed
banishing the whole Tarquinian house he was forced to lay down his office and depart from
Rome. He ended his days at Lavinium (
Liv.i. 60).