Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 3.45.4–8

As the crowd submits to Appius's ruling, Icilius pushes through to confront the lictor and declares defiantly that Verginia will not leave her father's house.

 

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Cum multi vellent fremere contra iniuriam decreti magis quam quisquam audere recusare, Publius Numitorius, pater Verginii, et Icilius, sponsus Verginiae, interveniunt;

Et via data est inter turbam cum multi homines crederent Appio maxime posse resisti interventu Icili, lictor ait Appium decrevisse et submovet Icilium exclamantem.

Tam atrox iniuria accendisset etiam placidam naturam.

Icilius dixit haec "submovendus sum hinc tibi ferro, Appi, ut secrete feras quod vis occultare. Ego ducturus sum (I will marry) hanc virginem et habiturus sum feminam pudicam. Age, convoca omnes collegarum tuarum et lictores tuos; iube virgas et secures parari; Verginia Icili non manebit extra domum patris.

Written by Robert Amstutz

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