Livy Chapter 1 A contest of womanly virtue. Flashcards
Who held Ardea?
The Rutuli
What were the Rutuli like?
A people, who in their religion and at that time were very wealthy.
What was the cause of war?
The Romans Monarchy wanted the money off the Rutuli
Why did the Roman Monarchy want the money off the Rutuli?
Because they were broke.
Why was Rome broke?
Because the kings of Rome having exhausted the treasury with massive public buildings.
Why did the King want the money?
To make himself rich and to appease the spirits of the people.
Why did the King want to appease the people?
Because the people hated him for his general arrogance.
Why were the people angry?
They had for such a long time been held in the jobs of workmen and in slave like work by the king.
How did the King go about attacking Ardea?
The attack was attempted to see if in the first attack Ardea could be captured.
Was the first attack successful?
The attack didn’t proceed enough.
After the attack failed what did the Romans do?
The enemy began to be squished with siege works.
How does Livy describe the siege?
In this statement as it happens in a long rather than fierce war.
What happened during the siege?
Time off was freely given.
Who got time off the most?
The officers rather than the soldiers.
What did the royal young men sometimes do?
Indeed, the royal young men sometimes spent their free time at dinner parties with each other.
Where were the royal young men during the siege?
Drinking at the house of Sex. Tarquinius.
Who was at the house of Sex. Tarquinius?
The royal young men and Collatinus son of Egerus was also eating.
What was mentioned during their drinking and eating?
Wives were mentioned.
How did each man respond when wives were mentioned?
Each man praised their own wife enthusiastically; the rivalry heated up
What did Collatinus say when the rivalry heated up?
Words were not needed.
Why were words not needed?
In a few hours it could be known that his wife Lucretia stood out from the others.
What did Collatinus suggest?
Why if there is strength in our youth, don’t we get on our horses and go see in person the characters of our wives?
Why should the royal young men see in person their wives?
Then it would be a decisive test of each wife whatever meets the eyes on the unexpected arrival of the husband.
Why did the royal young men agree?
They had been flushed with wine.
