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as chief membcre of the confederation, prcfidmg at thr iacri- 

 ficcs and deliberations. This inftitution contributed to the 

 ftrength of the Roman ftatc, and the extcnfion of its domi- 

 nion throughout Italy. Having taken up arms againft the 

 Volfcians and Sabines, he returned, after a fuccefsful war, 

 to Rome, and twice triumphed ; and he took occafion to 

 6ni(h the great circus and the fewers, which hi: grandfather 

 had begun. But a war again commenced with fome dif- 

 contentfd patricians, who had taken refuge at Gabii, a 

 Latin city not far from Rome ; and this war lafted ieven 

 years. At length Gabii was conquered by the treachery 

 of Sextus, one of Tarquin's fons ; and the inhabitants, whom 

 he treated with lenity, were incorporated with the Romans. 

 During the reign of this Tarquin, the Sibylline books were 

 brought to Rome, as \te have related under that ai'ticle, and 

 fhff Capitolian temple finifhed. Ardea, the capital of the 

 Rutuli, was the next objeft of Tarquin's military enter- 

 prife ; and this circumftance was the remote caufe of the 

 rape of Lucretia by Sextus Tarquin, which at length occa- 

 fioned the expulfion of the Tarquiiiian family from Rome, 

 as well as the extinfliou of the kingly government. Brutus, 

 availing himfelf of the pafTions excited among the multitude 

 by the tragic fate of Lucretia, and expoling the tyrannical 

 government under which Rome groaned, obtained a public 

 decree for the banifhment of Tarquin and his fons, and the 

 army concurring in this refolution, the king was reduced 

 to the neceflity, at the age of 76, B. C. 509, to abandon 

 his capital, and take refuge at Caere, in Etruria. Many 

 attempts were made for his reftoration, but all proved in- 

 effeftual. Tarquin retired into Campania, and died there, 

 in the 90th year of his age, and 14th of his exile. PofTefT- 

 ing talents tit for command, he was neverthelefs violent, 

 Cruel, and wholly unprincipled. Univ. Hift. Gen. Biog. 

 TARRA, in Ancient Geography, a town of Afia Minor, 



in Lydia Alfo, a town and mountain of Crete. 



TARRABERRY, in Geography, a town of Bengal; 

 30 miles N. of Dinagepour. 



TARRABOGA, a town of Bengal; 45 miles S. of 

 Doefa. 



TARRA.CE, Tarrass, Terraci, or Terrafs, a coarfe 

 fort of plafter, or mortar, durable in the wet, and chiefly 

 ilfed to line bafins, citterns, wells, and other refervoirs of 

 water. See Calcareous Cement. 



That which is called the Dutch terrafs, is made of a foft 

 I'ock-ftone, found near CoUen, upon tlie lower part of the 

 Rhine ; it is burnt like lime, and afterwards reduced to pow- 

 der by means of mills : from thence it is brought to Hol- 

 land in great quantities, where it has acquired the name of 

 Dutch terrafs. It is of a greyifli colour when it is not 

 mixt, which is very feldom the cafe : becaufe it is very dear, 

 and the demand for it in aquatic works very great. It 

 is faid that in fome parts of England there is found a foft 

 ftonc, rcfembling that of Dutch terrafs, and which might 

 ferve as well in aquatic works. 



An artificial terrafs, rcfembling the true, may be formed 

 of two parts of lime, and one of plaiiler of Paris, well 

 beaten together, and ufed immediately. There is another 

 fort of terrafs, ufed for coarfcr ufss, which is fometimes 

 called Weljh terrafs, formed of one part lime, and two parts 

 of well-fifted coal-alhes, thoroughly mixt bj^ being well 

 beaten together. Handm. to the Arts, vol. ii. p. 32. 



TARRACO, in Ancient Geography, a town of Hifpania 

 Citerior, belonging to the Cofetani. This was an ancient 

 town in the time of the Romans. Some Spanifh authors 

 have attributed its foundation to Tubal. Others, with 

 greater probability, afcribe it to the Phcenicians, who called it 

 Tarcon, which tlie Romans changed into Tarraco. Having 

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been deftroycd, it was re-eftabli(hed by the two Scipios. 

 At length it became thecapitalof that region, to which it gave 

 the name of Hifpania Tarragonenfis. Augultus vifited this 

 city on occafion of his war againft the Cantabri ; and it was 

 here that the firtt altar was erefted to his honour, Galba, 

 A.D. 68, was ])refentcd by the Tarraconians with a crown 

 of gold. It was in the year 121 or 122 that Adrian re- 

 cftablilhed the temple built in this city in honour of Auguf- 

 tus, under the reign of Tiberius. See Taukagona. 



TARRAGON, in Botany, a name fometimes given to 

 fouthemiuood ; which fee. See alfo Artemisia. 



TARRAGONA, in Geography, a town of Spain, in 

 the province of Catalonia, fituated on a riling ground on the 

 coaft of the Mediterranean, at the mouth of the river 

 Francoli, and one of the moft ancient cities in Spain, faid to 

 have been founded by the Phoenicians. Under the Romans 

 it was the capital of a province, called Tarragonenfis, and 

 was fortified by Scipio as a defence againft the Carthaginians. 

 In the year 467 it was taken by the Goths, and levelled 

 with the ground. In 516, a council was held here, in 

 which monks ai-e firft mentioned ; when it was ordained that 

 the fabbath ftiould commence on Saturday evening. It af- 

 terwards ftU into the hands of the Moors, from whom it was 

 recovered in the latter part of the iith century, and re- 

 built by the archbifhop of Toledo, who was by the pope 

 abfolved of the oath he had taken of going to the holy war, 

 on condition that he would lay out the fum defigned for that 

 expedition in rebuilding Tarragona. In the war of the fuc- 

 ceflion, the Englilh obtained pofreffion of this city, and in- 

 tended to keep and fortify it, by bringing the river Francoli 

 quite round it ; and for this purpofe threw up vaft out- 

 works and redoubts, the ruins of which are yet vifible. 

 On the pofleffion of Gibraltar, they gave up the defign. The 

 environs at Campus Tarragonenfis they efteem one of the 

 moft fertile fpots in Europe. Tarragona has but few re- 

 mains of its ancient grandeur ; infcriptions almoft deilroyed 

 by time, fome coins, and a few ruins, give but an imperfect 

 idea of what it formerly was. It is now depopulated, and 

 of little importance. The harbour is dangerous, and not 

 much frequented ; there are a few baftions in bad repair, 

 which were formerly built for its defence. Tarragona is, 

 however, the fee of an archbiibop, the metropobs of Cata- 

 lonia, and difputes with Toledo the primacy of Spain. The 

 eftabliftiment of the fee is faid to have been in the firft ages 

 of the church : the fucceflion of archbiftiops was inter- 

 rupted by the Moors, and remained fufpended until the 

 ilth century. The cathedral is worthy of attention for 

 its vaft dimenfions, the elegance of its Gothic architefture, 

 and a magnificent chapel, built with rich m.arble and jafper, 

 in honour of St. Thecla, tutelar faint of the church ; 08 

 miles E.S.E. of SaragoiTa. N. lat. 41° 8'. E. long. 



TARRAGUNGE, a town of Bengal; 22 miles S.E. 

 of Moorfhedabad. 



TARRAPOUR, a town of Hin-dooftan, in Bengal ; 

 17 miles S.W. of Boghpour. — Alfo, a town of Hindoo- 

 ftan, in Malwa, on the Nerbuddah ; 12 miles S. of 

 Mundu. 



TARRAR, a circar of Hindooftan, in Allahabad, 

 bounded on the north by Allahabad Proper, on the E. by 

 Chunar, on the fouth-eaft by Boggilcund, and on the weft, 

 by Bundelcund ; about 35 miles long, and 12 broad. 



TARRASA, a town of Spain, in Catalonia; 13 miles 

 N. of Barcelona. 



TARRATZ Point, a cape on the north coaft of 3t 

 Vincent. N. lat. 13° 24'. W. long. 65° 15'. 



TAR REG A, a town of Spain, in Cat.ilonia, on the 



Cervera ; 



