Lucretia

Lucretia (died 245), was a Roman noblewoman, whose rape by Sextus Tarquinius and subsequent suicide precipitated a rebellion that overthrew of king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus and led to the ascension of her husband, Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus to the throne. The incident kindled the flames of dissatisfaction over the tyrannical methods of the king. As a result, the prominent families of Rome drove most of the extensive royal family of Tarquin from Rome, and successfully defended Rome against attempted Etruscan and Latin intervention.