Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 1.58.8–9

Lucretia names Sextus Tarquinius as her attacker, the men swear vengeance, and they console her by placing all guilt on the one who acted by force.

 

Tier 1

"Est Sextus Tarquinius qui priore nocte (last night) advenit hostis, armatus vi. Hinc Tarquinius abstulit mihi malam laetitiam. Si vos estis viri, Tarquinius quoque sibi abstulit laetitiam."

Omnes dant fidem; Pater et vir consolantur aegram vertendo noxam (hurt; crime) ab victa in eum qui crimen fecit.

Mens potest peccare, non corpus, et sine consilio, culpa non est.

Written by Robert Amstutz

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