Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 1.57.6-7

Livy recounts how during a drinking party at the tent of Sextus Tarquinius, where Collatinus was also dining, the conversation turned to wives and each man praised his own, until Collatinus proposed they settle the matter by riding home unannounced to see for themselves what their wives were doing.

 

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Forte viri bibebant hic apud Sextum Tarquinium et Collatinus Tarquinius quoque cenabat, et aliquis uxorum mentionem fecit.

Viri miris modis suam uxorem laudant; deinde, excitato certamine, Collatinus negat certamen pugnandum verbis;

Collatinus dicit in horis paucis viros posse scire Lucretiam Collatini optimam uxorem esse.

Collatinus: "Quin (cur non) nos equis vehimur et invisimus uxores ut naturas uxorum nostrarum videre possimus.

Sit spectatissimum id quod nos, viri non expectati, videmus." Calidi vino;

Written by Robert Amstutz