The City of God · Character
Lucretia
Roman noblewoman whose rape and suicide led to the overthrow of the monarchy.
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First appearance: part i book i
Lucretia shows up with force in XIX. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Roman matron who committed suicide after being raped; her case is analyzed to discuss chastity and suicide.
Lucretia first appears in 0002 part i book i.
In XIX: Roman matron who committed suicide after being raped; her case is analyzed to discuss chastity and suicide.
Later, in XXIII: Mentioned as another example of suicide previously discussed.
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Character groups
- Roman Founders and Tyrants
- Patriarchs and Pagan Figures
- Roman Statesmen and Emperors
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- XIX
- XXIII
- Of the rape of the Sabine women, and other iniquities perpetrated in Rome’s palmiest days.
- XV
- Of the first Roman consuls, the one of whom drove the other from the country, and shortly after perished at Rome by the hand of a wounded enemy, and so ended a career of unnatural murders
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