Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 1.58.5–6

After Sextus Tarquinius departs, Lucretia summons her father Spurius Lucretius and husband Collatinus, who arrive with Publius Valerius and Lucius Junius Brutus to find her stricken with grief.

 

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Cum victrix libido (conquering lust) Tarquinii vicisset obstinatam pudicitiam Lucretiae terrore

et ab eo loco ferox Tarquinius abiit, expugnata dignitate feminae,

Lucretia, tristis tam magno dolore, nuntium et Romam ad patrem et Ardeam ad virum suum mittit,

Rogans ut et pater et vir Lucretiae veniant cum uno amico fidele; dicens faciendum esse celeriter; dicens rem malam incidisse.

Spurius Lucretius cum filio Publio Valerio, filio Volesi, Collatinus venit cum Lucio Iunio Bruto. Collatinus cum Iunio erat, rediens Romam, cum nuntius uxoris advenit.

Pater et vir inveniunt tristem Lucretiam sedentem in cubiculo.

Written by Robert Amstutz

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