Controversia II AD
Calpurnius Flaccus - Exc. (Calpurnius FlaccusExc.51)
Text
Rape-08
Translation
THE LAW DEALING WITH RAPED WOMEN. A certain man raped two women. When brought before the magistrates, one woman demands marriage, the other his death. The magistrates supported the more merciful course of action. After the wedding took place, the other woman, +because she had submitted to a man, + gave birth to the child she had conceived. She then exposed it. The rapist, who by then was the husband of the other woman, took up and acknowledged the child, and then began to raise it. He is accused by his wife of maltreatment.
Main Characters
Rapist, Two raped womans
Characters
Child
Issues
Accusations
Maltreatment
Narrative themes
Acknoledgement of a child, Exposition of a child, Rape
Legal references
Lex raptarum - rape