Consulship and death Brutus and Lucretia's bereaved husband, Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus, were elected as the first consuls of Rome (509 BC). Tradition says that this election was conducted by Spurius Lucretius Tricipitinus, whom Brutus had appointed as interrex in his position as tribunus celerum. Brutus' first acts during his consulship, according to Livy, included administering an oath to the people of Rome to never again accept a king in Rome (see above) and replenishing the number of senators to 300 from the principal men of the equites.
Consulship and death Brutus and Lucretia's bereaved husband Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus were elected as the first consuls of Rome (509 BC) Tradition says that this election was conducted by Spurius Lucretius Tricipitinus whom Brutus had appointed as interrex in his position as tribunus celerum Brutus' first acts during his consulship according to Livy included administering an oath to the people of Rome to never again accept a king in Rome (see above) and replenishing the number of senators to 300 from the principal men of the equites