Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 3.48.6–9

Verginius escapes through the crowd as Icilius and Numitorius display Verginia's body to the people, and the outcry of the surrounding women and men alike turns toward demands for the restoration of tribunician power.

 

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Appius, excitatus clamore qui venit ad tam horribile factum, iubet Verginium comprehendi. Verginius faciebat viam cultro quacumque (wherever), donec ad portam pervenit cum turba spectante quae sequitur.

Icilius et Numitorius ostendunt populo iterum iterumque corpus sublatum sine sanguine. Icilius et Numitorius deplorant crimen Appi, et deplorant infelicem formam puellae, et deplorant necessitatem patris.

Sequentes matronae clamant/rogant iterum iterumque eamne condicionem procreandorum liberorum (of having children), ea praemia (reward) pudicitiae esse? Et clamant cetera quae dolor feminina in tali re sit, quo est maestior infirmo animo, eo magis miserabilia indicat querentibus.

Omnes viri, et maxime Icilius, dicebant de potestate tribuniciae et de erepto iure provocationis ad populum et de indignatione publicarum.

Written by Robert Amstutz

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