Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 3.48.6-9

Roused by the outcry at the dreadful deed, Appius orders Verginius seized, but he cuts his way through the crowd with the knife and reaches the city gate under the protection of the following throng; Icilius and Numitorius hold up the bloodless body of Verginia to the people, lamenting the crime of Appius, the girl's ill-fated beauty, and the father's terrible necessity, while the following matrons cry out asking if this is the reward for raising virtuous children, and the men's voices, above all Icilius, call for restoration of tribunician power and the right of appeal.

 

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Appius, excitatus clamore qui venit ad tam horribile factum, iubet Verginium comprehendi. Verginius faciebat viam cultro quacumque (wherever), donec ad portam pervenit cum turba spectante quae sequitur.

Icilius et Numitorius ostendunt populo iterum iterumque corpus sublatum sine sanguine. Icilius et Numitorius deplorant crimen Appi, et deplorant infelicem formam puellae, et deplorant necessitatem patris.

Sequentes matronae clamant/rogant iterum iterumque eamne condicionem procreandorum liberorum (of having children), ea praemia (reward) pudicitiae esse? Et clamant cetera quae dolor feminina in tali re sit, quo est maestior infirmo animo, eo magis miserabilia indicat querentibus.

Omnes viri, et maxime Icilius, dicebant de potestate tribuniciae et de erepto iure provocationis ad populum et de indignatione publicarum.

Written by Robert Amstutz