Traditional Roman Republic Virtues versus Christian Virtues
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Their grief was so intense because of the soiled virtues of their female family member and the importance of bravery in attaining justice for her.... The next text is Livy's “The Rape of Lucretia,” from the History of Rome,2 which narrates how the king of Rome, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus's son, Sextus Tarquinius, raped the virtuous Roman matron, Lucretia.... y this blood, which was so pure before the crime of the prince, I swear before you, O gods, to chase the king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, with his criminal wife and all their offspring, by fire, iron, and all the methods I have at my disposal, and never to tolerate Kings in Rome evermore, whether of that family of any other....