Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 3.44.10–12

Before Appius Claudius's own tribunal, Marcus presses his fraudulent claim while Verginia's advocates argue that her father should be summoned before any ruling on her status is made.

 

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Homines, qui virginem defendere volebant, Verginiam ad tribunal Appi secuti sunt. Petitor, Marcus, peragit fabulam quae iam nota est iudici quia iudex ipse fabulam creavit:

Marcus: "puella nata domi meae et translata est inde secrete in domum Vergini. Puella data est ei. Id compertum (evidence), quod ego adfero, probabit etiam Verginio iudici, ad quem maior pars iniuriae pertinet; interim necesse est ancillae dominum suum sequi."

Cum advocati puellae dixissent Verginium abesse causa rei publicae, et Verginium adfuturum esse in duobus diebus si nuntiatum ei sit, dixissent pravum esse arguere de liberis patre absente,

Advocati postulant ut rem totam moratam esse in adventum patris, et Appius det puellam iis qui libertatem eius sequuntur, a lege quae a Appio ipso lata est. Advocati postulant virginem adultam non pati ire periculum famae antequam libertatem ab Virginia captam esse.

Written by Robert Amstutz

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