also named Numa Marcius, later served as praefectus urbi (city prefect) under Tullus, and would become the father of Tullus's successor Ancus Marcius. This detail illustrates how deeply intertwined the political networks of the early Roman monarchy were.

The senators proclaimed Tullus king by highlighting his grandfather's heroism in battle alongside Romulus and his Roman lineage. Romans who believed that Numa Pompilius's long era of peace had left Rome weakened