Tarquin the Proud, son or grandson of Tarquin the Elder, son-in-law of Servius Tullius<hr>
and father of Sextus Tarquin. He reigned from 534 BC to February 24, 509 BC, and died in 495<hr>
BC. He was dethroned following the uprising caused by the death of Lucretia.<hr>
      Brutus, Lucius Junius Brutus, or Lucius Iunius Brutus, is the legendary founder of<hr>
the Roman Republic and one of the first two Roman consuls in the year 509 BC. He is<hr>
present during the testimony of Lucretia.<hr>
      Spurius Lucretius Tricipitinus is one of the first consuls of the Roman<hr>
Republic, the father of Lucretia, and the brother of Titus Lucretius Tricipitinus.<hr>
      Tullia the Younger, or Tullia Minor, is an Etruscan woman (Italian people), a daughter of the<hr>
King of Rome, Servius Tullius, and the second wife of his successor Tarquin the Proud. She<hr>
is the last queen of Rome. Originally married to Arruns Tarquin, she has him assassinated to<hr>
marry her brother-in-law, Tarquin the Proud. The younger daughter of King Servius Tullius, she took part<hr>
in the plot against him organised by Tarquin the Proud, her husband.<hr>
      Ardea is an Italian city, located in the metropolitan city of Rome Capital in the<hr>
region of Lazio in central Italy. In ancient times, it was besieged by Tarquin the Proud.<hr>
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                      Twelfth Discourse - Veturia to Volumnia<hr>
                                  Veturia, mother of Coriolanus<hr>
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                                                 Context<hr>
      After leaving Rome in peace thanks to his mother's prayers, Coriolanus led his<hr>
army back to the Volscians and tried to make this people recognise the goodness of his action, but<hr>
he was accused and imprisoned. Tullus, who did not like him because of his previous defeat against him<hr>
when they were on opposite sides, incited some agitators to prevent him from<hr>
speaking when he tried to defend himself before the assembly. Eventually, amid this confusion,<hr>
they killed him. As soon as this news reached Rome, all the women in the city immediately went<hr>
to Veturia, the mother, and Volumnia, the wife of this enemy and son of <hr>
Rome. The mother spoke to them in roughly this manner, if the conjectures of history do not contradict it.<hr>
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                                        Veturia to Volumnia<hr>
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      Consider me no longer, Volumnia, as the mother of Coriolanus, your husband. I am unworthy<hr>
of that name. You are right to have as much hatred as my son had affection for me.<hr>
Remember that famous day when I used my tears to disarm him. I wept,<hr>
cried out, begged. I did not forget to use all that could make a devoted and loving son yield.<hr>
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