Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 1.60.3
Livy records that Lucius Tarquinius Superbus reigned for twenty-five years, that the total period of kings from the founding of Rome to its liberation was two hundred and forty-four years, and that two consuls were then elected by the centuriate assembly under the direction of the city prefect following the records of Servius Tullius: Lucius Iunius Brutus and Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus.
Tier 1
Lucius Tarquinus Superbus rex erat xxv annos. Tempus regum, ab urbe condita ad liberatam urbem, erat ccxliv annos.
Ab eo tempore duo consules, Lucius Iunius Brutus et Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus, creati sunt a praefecto urbis ex comitiis centuriatis (the centuriate assembly), ex commentariis Servii Tulli.
Segmented Reader
Lucius Tarquinius Superbus regnavit annos quinque et viginti.
Regnatum Romae
ab condita urbe ad liberatam
annos ducentos quadraginta quattuor.
Duo consules
inde comitiis centuriatis
a praefecto urbis
ex commentariis Ser. Tulli
creati sunt, Lucius Iunius Brutus et Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus.
Liber Ipse
L. Tarquinius Superbus regnavit annos quinque et viginti. Regnatum Romae ab condita urbe ad liberatam annos ducentos quadraginta quattuor. Duo consules inde comitiis centuriatis a praefecto urbis ex commentariis Ser. Tulli creati sunt, L. Iunius Brutus et L. Tarquinius Collatinus.
Written by Robert Amstutz