\f1 \fs22 THE EXPLOITS OF MASTARNA AND THE VIBENNA BROTHERS\par
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It is likely that the Etruscan rule over Rom
e was overthrown by other Etruscans who came not from Tarquinia but from a different city. They probably seized power by killing King Tarquinius Priscus. Subsequently Tarquinius Superbus (Tarquin the Proud) defeated them and won back his father's kingdom
. In fact the paintings in the Franτois Tomb in Vulci depict a battle scene, in which Mastarna (Servius Tullius) and Aulus Vibenna, along with other personages, kill Gneus Tarquinius Romanus, certainly a member of the Tarquinius dynasty, freeing Coelius