Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 1.57.8–9

At Collatia they find Lucretia spinning wool among her maids late at night, a stark contrast to the royal wives they had seen at their pleasures, and the contest is settled in her favor.

 

Tier 1

"certe" omnes clamant; viri volant ad Romam equis.

Cum primum vesperi advenissent, pergunt ad urbem Collatiam, sed cum inveniunt Lucretiam sedentem in medio domus laborans lanam inter ancillas per noctem.

Viri Lucretiam inveniunt non similem regiis nuribus (royal daughters-in-law) quas viri viderant tempus perdentes in convivio et luxu cum aequalibus.

Feminis certaminis, laudem Lucretia meret.

Written by Robert Amstutz

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