to expand his possessions, but Theodoric repeatedly suppresses his ambitions for<hr>
independence. After the death of Athalaric, he marries Amalasuntha to ascend the throne.<hr>
       Amalafrida, Amalafreda, or even Amalefreda, born around 455-460 in Pannonia in the<hr>
Ostrogothic kingdom and died around 523-525 in Carthage in the Vandal kingdom, was a member<hr>
of the Ostrogothic then Vandal nobility in the 5th and 6th centuries, from the Amal dynasty<br>
known for having been the Queen of the Vandals and Alans of Africa. She was the sister of<hr>
Theodoric the Great, King of the Ostrogoths in Italy, and the wife of Thrasamund, King of the Vandals<hr>
from 496 to 523.<hr>
       The Tuscans are the inhabitants of Tuscany.<hr>
       Martana Island is an island in Italy in Lake Bolsena.<hr>
       Lake Bolsena is a lake in central Italy, of volcanic origin, which formed about 300,000 years ago,<hr>
following the collapsing of some craters of the Vulsini Mountains chain. It is considered to be the largest volcanic<br>
lake in Europe.<hr>
       Justinian I, or Justinian the Great, born around 482 in Tauresium, near Justiniana<hr>
Prima in Illyria, and died on 15 November 565 in Constantinople, was an Eastern Roman Emperor,<hr>
reigning from 527 until his death. During the war against the Vandals, he received assistance from<hr>
Amalasuntha, and good diplomatic relations formed between the kingdom and<hr>
the Empire. Having learned of Amalasuntha's assassination, Justinian goes to war<hr>
against Theodahad, executes him and retakes Italy.<hr>
       Belisarius, born around the year 500 in Macedonia, on the borders of Illyria and Thrace, and<hr>
died in 565 in Constantinople, was an Eastern Roman General. He is the general leading the<hr>
army against the Vandals.<hr>
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                   Eleventh Discourse – Lucretia to Collatinus<hr>
                            Lucretia, wife of Collatinus<hr>
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                                               Context<hr>
       This speech requires no argument, as the story of Lucretia's rape by the young Sextus Tarquinius is known to many.<hr>
She did not hide her crime or her misfortune, she revealed them both to Collatinus, her husband,<hr>
but also to her father and men of trust like Brutus, to lead them to revenge. She recounted the outrages she suffered, with all the surrounding<br>
circumstances making it even more terrible. Though this story dates back centuries and is almost as old<br>
as Rome itself, it is still uncertain whether she did right in taking her life after her ordeal.<hr>
Some wonder whether she would have done better to let<br>
Sextus Tarquinius murder her and die innocent. Listen to her reasons, for her cause is<hr>
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