Roman historian Livy in Ab Urbe Condita recounts the story of Lucretia whose suicide following her rape leads to her countrymen forming a political rebellion to o/throw monarchy & found the Roman Republic.
🏛 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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Roman historian Livy in Ab Urbe Condita recounts the story of Lucretia whose suicide following her rape leads to her countrymen forming a political rebellion to o/throw monarchy & found the Roman Republic.
🏛 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
🏺Ancientbluesky