![]() ![]() She eventually asked for vengeance while the people were discussing on how to deal with this matter, Lucretia took out a dagger and stabbed herself in the heart, dying in her father's arms. ![]() She then asked to summon witnesses, and proceeded to describe in tears how she was raped by Sextus. The following day, Lucretia went to her father's house, who was the chief magistrate of Rome, and took the supplicant's position. He told her she would have two choices she could have sex with him and become his wife or he would kill her along with her slave and then say he caught them in bed together. That night, Sextus sneaked into Lucretia's bedroom and woke her up. He went home and found Lucretia weaving with his maids, thus winning the debate. During a feast, Lucius and Sextus started talking about the virtues of wives, and Lucius proposed that he checked on his wife. There, he was warmly welcomed by the governor, Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus and Lucretia. Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, the last king of Rome, was involved in a war against Ardea, so he sent his son Sextus Tarquinius to Collatia on a military mission. ![]() The husband of Lucretia was Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus, one of the leaders of the revolution that erupted as a result of his wife's death. Although contemporary sources to certify Lucretia as a historical person do not exist, later historians agreed that in fact there was such a woman. Lucretia was a matron in Roman history and mythology, who had an important role in the shaping of the Roman Kingdom into the Roman Republic. ![]()
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