Tarn-Et-Garonne
a department rivof France, named after its two chief rivers; area, 1,441 square miles; pop. about 182,500. This department belongs to the basin of the Garonne which traverses it S. to N. W., and receives within it the accumulated waters of the Tarn and Aveyron which are both navigable. The arable land raises heavy crops of wheat, maize, hemp, tobacco, grapes, and fruit of all kinds. The most important manufactures consist of common woolen cloth and serge, linen goods, silk hosiery, cutlery, leather, etc.; capital, Montauban.
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Tarnopol
a town of Galicia, Poland; on the Sered river; 80 miles S. E. of Lemberg. It has a Roman Catholic and a Greek church, a Jesuit college, upper gymnasium, etc. Before the World War there was considerable trade in corn and other agricultural products. A great horse market with horse races was held annually. Pop. about 35,000.
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Tarnow
a town of Galicia, Poland, 47% miles E. of Cracow, on the navigable Dunjec river, not far from the mouth of the Vistula. It is the seat of a bishop, and has a town house and cathedral with curious statues of the princes of Ostrog and Tarnow. The chief trade before the World War was in corn, linen, leather, and timber. Pop. about 37,000. See TARO (Colocasia macrorhiza, or Arum esculentum), a plant of the natural order Araceæ, of the same genus with the Cocco (q. v.) or Eddoes, and cultivated for its roots, which are a principal article of food in the South Sea Islands. A pleasant flour is made of taro. The plant has no stalk; broad, heart-shaped leaves spring the root; and the flower is produced in a spathe. The leaves are used as spinach.
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Tarquinius
LUCIUS, surnamed PRISCUS (the first or the elder), in Roman tradition the 5th King of Rome. The family of Tarquinius was said to have been of Greek extraction, his father set- Demaratus being a Corinthian who tled in Tarquinii, one of the chief cities of Etruria. Having removed with a large following to Rome, Tarquinius became the favorite and confidant of the Roman king, Ancus Martius, and at his death was unanimously elected his successor. According to Livy he made war with success on the Latins and Sabines, from whom he took numerous towns. Tarquinius also distinguished his reign by the erection of the Cloaca Maxima, the Forum, the wall round the city, and, as is supposed, he commenced the Capitoline Temple. After a reign of about 36 years he was killed by assassins employed by the sons of Ancus Martius in 578 b. C.
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Tarquinius (II)
LUCIUS, surnamed SUPERBUS ("the proud"), the last of the legendary kings of Rome, was the son of Lucius Tarquinius Priscus. Tarquin, on reaching man's estate, murdered his father-in-law, King Servius Tullius (the date usually given for this event is 534 B. c.), and assumed the regal dignity. He abolished the privileges conferred on the plebeians; banished or put to death the senators whom he suspected, never filled up the vacancies in the senate, and rarely consulted that body. He continued the great works of his father, and advanced the power of Rome abroad both by wars and alliances. By the marriage of his daughter with Octavius Mamilius of Tusculum, the most powerful of the Latin chiefs, and other political measures, he caused himself to be recognized as the head of the Latin confederacy. After a reign of nearly 25 years a conspiracy broke out by which he and his family were exiled from Rome (510 B. C.), an infamous action of his son Sextus being part of the cause of the outbreak (see LUCRETIA). He tried repeatedly, without success, to regain his power, and at length died in Cumæ in 495 b. c.
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Tarquinius Priscus
The fifth king of Rome, and son of Demaratus, a native of Greece. He exhibited military talents in the victories he gained over the Sabines. During peace he devoted attention to the improvement of the capital. He was assassinated in his eightieth year, B. C. 578. 2026 Editor's Note: Lucius Tarquinius Priscus , the first Etruscan king of Rome , introduced enduring symbols of authority such as the fasces and the curule seat. His attempt to establish a hereditary monarchy, a break from the elective tradition, is considered by some historians to have directly precipitated the formation of the Roman Republic. He also oversaw the construction of foundational infrastructure, including the Circus Maximus and the Cloaca Maxima sewer system. (Ed: BR 2026-07-15)
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Tarquinius Superbus
He ascended the throne of Rome after Servius Tullius, whom he murdered, and married his daughter Tullia. His reign was characterized by tyranny, and eventually he was expelled from Rome; surviving his disgrace for fourteen years, and dying in his ninetieth year. 2026 Editor's Note: Commonly known as Tarquin the Proud, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus was the seventh and final king of Rome. His reign was described as a tyranny that ended with a popular uprising, leading to the permanent abolition of the monarchy and the establishment of the Roman Republic. Ancient accounts claim he secured the throne through the murders of his predecessor, his wife, and his brother. (Ed: BR 2026-07-16)
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Tarr
RALPH STOCKMAN, an American scientist; born in Gloucester, Mass., Jan. 15, 1864; was graduated at the Lawrence Scientific School, Harvard University, in 1891. He was an assistant on the United States Fish Commission and in the Smithsonian Institution in 1882-1883, and assistant in the United States Geological Survey in 1888-1891; assistant Professor of Geology at Cornell University in 1892-1897; and in the latter year became Professor of Dynamic Geology which position he held until his death in 1912. His publications include: "Economic Geology of the United States" (1893); "Elementary Physical Geography" (1895); "Elementary Geology" (1897); "First Book of Physical Geography" (1897); "Physical Geography of New York" (1902); "Geography of Science" (1902); "Alaskan Studies" (1914); "College Physiography" (1914).
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Tarragona
a seaport in Spain; capital of a province of the same name; on the Francoli, at its mouth in the Mediterranean on a limestone rock. The chief building is the large cathedral, a fine Gothic building partly of the 11th century. The town was founded by the Phœnicians, and became of great importance under the Romans. In its environs are an ancient amphitheater, a circus, an aqueduct, etc. It was taken and sacked by the French under Suchet in 1811. It has a trade in corn, oil, wine, fruit, etc. Pop. about 24,500.
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