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TANAQUIL  . the

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Etruscan name of the wife of Tarquinius
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Priscus, or of one of his sons . After her
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immigration to
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Rome she is said to have received the name Gaia
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Caecilia . She was famous for her shrewdness and prophetic gifts, which enabled her to foretell the future greatness of her
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husband and of Servius Tullius . There was a statue of her as Gaia Caecilia in the
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temple of Sancus, which possessed magical
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powers . She was celebrated as a spinner of
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wool, and was supposed to exercise
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influence over
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Roman brides . Tanaquil and Gaia Caecilia are, however, really distinct personalities . The anecdotes .told of Gaia Caecilia are aetiological myths intended to explain ,certain usages at Roman marriages . See
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Livy, i . 34, 41;
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Pliny, Nat . Hist., viii . 74,
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xxxvi . 70;
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Schwegler, ROmische Geschichte, bk. xv .

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