Controversia VI AD

Boeth. - Specul. Rhet. Cogn. (Boeth.Specul. Rhet. Cogn.9 (pl Lxiv, Col. 1221, 9-11))

Text

... ut qui iuvenem de lupanari exeuntem vidit, paulo post de eodem loco uxorem suam vidit egressam, accusat iuvenem adulterii.

Translation

Like in the following example: a man saw a young man coming out of a brothel, and shortly after he saw his wife coming out of the same place; he accuses the young man of adultery.


Main Characters

Man

Characters

Wife, Young man

Issues

Causa definitiva - definitio, Coniectura (causa/status coniecturalis)

Accusations

Adultery

Narrative themes

Adultery, Brothel

Legal references

Historical references