Indeed, the corruption of our time demands it. So let us once again beseech with<hr>
tears the last thing we might ask for my son, now that he is dead. For I am very certain that Rome will be destroyed when cease to speak of Coriolanus.<hr>
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                                    Effect of this speech<hr>
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        She gained their agreement: all Roman women donned mourning attire and wore it<hr>
for ten months, as they traditionally did for their fathers and husbands. Thus, this exile was happier after his death than he had been in his life. The grandest gesture was the most indebted.<hr>
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                                                 Notes<hr>
        Veturia, in Latin Veturia, is a Roman matron who lived in the 6th and 5th centuries BC.<hr>
She is the mother of the semi-legendary hero Coriolanus. She convinces her son not to sack<hr>
Rome and to turn around. This leads to his downfall.<hr>
        Coriolanus is a figure of the Roman Republic. He is the descendant of Ancus<hr>
Marcius. He took the city of Corioles in 493 BC, a Volscian city. He is Coriolanus following<hr>
that exploit. But for political reasons, he is forced to exile from Rome and returns to<hr>
the Volsci a year later. From there, he retakes Rome, refuses all negotiation and wants to<hr>
pillage it, but he yields to the prayers of his mother and wife, and withdraws. This makes him a deserter<hr>
to the Volscians who kill him.<hr>
        The Volsci belong to the old Italic people settled in the south of<hr>
Latium.<hr>
        Ancus Marcius is the fourth of the seven legendary kings of ancient Rome.<hr>
        Volumnia is the wife of Coriolanus.<hr>
        Tullus, or Attius Tullus Aufidius, is a Volscian aristocrat from the early 5th century BC,<hr>
known for having taken Coriolanus into his home when he was exiled from Rome, and for having made him an ally against<hr>
Rome. Along with Coriolanus, he is named general of the Volscian and Aequian armies. After taking<hr>
several cities, he marchs on Rome. This campaign turns into a disaster following the<hr>
desertion of Coriolanus, who yields to the pleas of his wife and mother under the walls of<hr>
Rome.<hr>
        Fortuna, or Fortune, is an Italic deity of chance. She is<hr>
associated with the Greek Tyche and is originally "bearer of fertility".<hr>
        Brutus, Lucius Junius Brutus, or Lucius Iunius Brutus, orders the execution of his two sons,<hr>
Titus and Tiberius after they conspired against him with Tarquin.<hr>
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