Controversia II AD
Calpurnius Flaccus - Exc. (Calpurnius FlaccusExc.22)
Text
“Tyrannicidae praemium”. “Praemio cedere liceat”. Qui novercam habebat, occidit tyrannum. Cessit novercae praemio. Illa privigni nuptias petit. Contendunt, quis contradicat, maritus an privignus.
Translation
“There is a reward for slaying a tyrant”. “A person may renounce a reward in another’s favor”. A certain man who had a stepmother killed a tyrant. He renounced the reward in his stepmother's favor. She requests marriage to her stepson. The husband and the stepson contest over which one should address the court in opposition.
Main Characters
Stepmother, Stepson
Characters
Husband
Issues
Accusations
Right of addressing the court in opposition
Narrative themes
Reward, Stepmother, Tyrannicide
Legal references
Praemio cedere liceat - reward, Tyrannicidae praemium - tyrant