person
Lucretia
The chaste wife of Collatinus, raped by Sextus Tarquinius; her suicide sparked the overthrow of the monarchy.
Reading notes
- The History of Rome, Book 1 §57 Lucretia
The chaste wife of Collatinus whose rape and suicide ended the monarchy.
- The History of Rome, Book 3 §44 Lucretia
The chaste wife whose rape by a son of Tarquinius Superbus and subsequent suicide sparked the expulsion of the kings (Book 1); Livy frames Verginia's death as its republican echo.