Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 3.47.6–8

As Marcus moves to seize Verginia, Verginius turns on Appius with a furious speech and the crowd pushes Marcus back until a herald calls for silence.

 

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Primo, stupor pulsavit omnes admiratione rei tam atrocis; inde silentium tenuit omnes breve tempus.

Deinde, tristes clamores feminarum quae circum Verginiam stabant Marcum Claudium cepit cum Marcus Claudius iret ad prehendam virginem. Cum id fiat, Verginius tendens manus in Appium, "Icilio," inquit "non tibi ego filiam despondi et ad nuptas, non ad infamiam sexualem ego filiam educavi.

Placet ne tibi ruere promisce in concubitus (into sexual acts) in modo pecudum (of herd animals) et ferarum? Istine haec passuri sint? Nescio. Spero illos qui arma habent non passuros esse."

Cum Marcus Claudius repelleretur a turba feminarum et circumstantiumque advocatorum, silentium factum est per praeconem (herald, crier).

Written by Robert Amstutz

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