Controversia II AD
Calpurnius Flaccus - Exc. (Calpurnius FlaccusExc.1)
Text
Quinque cum tyranno proximi familiae puniantur. Quae habebat duos filios et tyrannum virum, tyrannicidium fecit. Praemio impunitatem liberis postulavit; meruit. Ex his alter occupavit arcem. Et eum mater occidit. Petit alteri impunitatem; contradicitur.
Translation
A tyrant and his five closest family members shall be subject to the death penalty. A certain woman who had two sons and a tyrant as her husband committed tyrannicide. For her reward she claimed her children's exemption from the penalty. This was granted. One of her sons seized the castle and the mother killed him also. She requests her other son's exemption from the penalty. This is opposed.
Main Characters
Mother
Characters
Sons, Tyrant
Issues
Accusations
Exemption from the penalty
Narrative themes
Reward, Tyrannicide
Legal references
Quinque cum tyranno proximi familiae puniantur - tyrant