Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 3.45.4-8

When the crowd grumbles but no one dares openly resist the unjust ruling, Publius Numitorius, grandfather of Verginia, and her betrothed Icilius push through the crowd to intervene; the lictor announces Appius has ruled and shoves aside the protesting Icilius, whose outrage at the injustice would have inflamed even the mildest temperament, and Icilius declares defiantly that Appius will need to use the sword to silence him, that he intends to marry Verginia and have her as a chaste wife, and that she will not leave her father's house.

 

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Cum multi vellent fremere contra iniuriam decreti magis quam quisquam audere recusare, Publius Numitorius, pater Verginii, et Icilius, sponsus Verginiae, interveniunt;

Et via data est inter turbam cum multi homines crederent Appio maxime posse resisti interventu Icili, lictor ait Appium decrevisse et submovet Icilium exclamantem.

Tam atrox iniuria accendisset etiam placidam naturam.

Icilius dixit haec "submovendus sum hinc tibi ferro, Appi, ut secrete feras quod vis occultare. Ego ducturus sum (I will marry) hanc virginem et habiturus sum feminam pudicam. Age, convoca omnes collegarum tuarum et lictores tuos; iube virgas et secures parari; Verginia Icili non manebit extra domum patris.

Written by Robert Amstutz