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         She obtained their agreement: all Roman women took up mourning and wore it<r>
for ten months, as they traditionally did for their fathers and husbands. Thus, the exiled was<r>
happier after his death than he had been alive. The most beautiful gesture was the most <r>
indebted.<hr>
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         Veturia, in Latin Veturia, is a Roman matron who lived in the 6th and 5th centuries <r>
B. C. She is the mother of the semi-legendary hero, Coriolanus. She convinces her son not to ravage<r>
Rome and to turn back. This leads to his downfall.<hr>
         Coriolanus is a figure of the Roman Republic. He is a descendant of Ancus <r>
Marcius. He takes the city of Corioli in 493 B. C., a Volscian city. He becomes Coriolanus following<r>
this exploit. But for political reasons, he is forced to exile from Rome and returns to the Volscians <r>
a year later. From there, he retakes Rome, refuses all negotiation and wants to loot it, but he gives <r>
in to the pleas of his mother and wife, and withdraws. This makes him a deserter to the Volscians <r>
who kill him.<hr>
         The Volscians were among the ancient Italic peoples settled in southern <r>
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 <r>
B. C., known for providing a refuge for Coriolanus exiled from Rome, and became an ally against <r>
Rome. He and Coriolanus are named generals of the Volscian and Aequian armies. After capturing <r>
several cities, he marches on Rome. This campaign turns into a disaster following the desertion of <r>
Coriolanus, who gives in to the pleadings of his wife and mother at the walls of Rome.<hr>
         Fortuna, or Fortune, is an Italic allegorical deity of luck. She is identified with Greek <r>
Tyche and is originally a "bearer of fertility".<hr>
         Brutus, Lucius Junius Brutus, or Lucius Iunius Brutus, has his two sons, Titus and <r>
Tiberius, executed after they conspired against him with Tarquin.<hr>
         Tarquin the Proud and Coriolanus face off in the Battle of Lake Regillus which <r>
opposes the Roman Republic and the Latin confederate assembled by Tarquin after his exile from <r>
Rome.<hr>
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