Controversia II AD

Calpurnius Flaccus - Exc. (Calpurnius FlaccusExc.48)
Text

Ex duobus filiis alteri uxorem dedit, alter incidit in adversam valetudinem. Medici dixerunt animi esse languorem. Quaerenti patri fratris uxorem se amare confessus est. Petit pater a filio, ut matrimonio cederet; impetravit. Inventos in adulterio postea fratrem et uxorem secundus maritus occidit. Abdicatur a patre.

Translation

granted a wife to one of his two sons, the other became seriously ill. The doctors said that he was suffering from a mental illness. When his father asked the reason, the son confessed to him that he was in love with his brother's wife. The father asked the (other) son to withdraw from the marriage in his brother's favor. The request was successful. Afterwards, when he discovered them in the act of adultery, the second husband killed his brother and the wife. He is disowned by his father.

Main Characters

Father, Sons

Characters

Wife

Issues

Accusations

Disowning

Narrative themes

Adultery, Love, Marriage

Legal references

Adulterum cum adultera liceat occidere - adultery

Historical references