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Article: Lucretia avenged.
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- December 1, 2007
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In the year 510 B.C., the Romans were at war with the Rutuli, a very rich people who lived just south of the Tiber River. This war promised to be a long one, so the Romans had built a camp and began to relax and enjoy themselves, especially the young princes.
One evening, as a group of them drank wine in the quarters of Tarquinius Superbus' son, Sextus Tarquinius, boasting began. Every man spoke about how wonderful his own wife was. A young prince from a neighboring area, Collatinus, said that his wife, Lucretia, was the most virtuous of all. To see who was right, the princes decided to visit each home.
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