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1. Lucretia
   a woman from Roman legend who was renowned for her virtue; Lucretia was the wife of Collatinus and lived during the end of the Roman monarchy; the king Sextus Tarquin (Tarquin the Proud) desired Lucretia from the first time he saw her and sought to meet her when her husband was absent; he then threa...
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2. Lucretia
   In Roman legend, the wife of Collatinus, said to have committed suicide after being raped by Sextus, son of ...
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3. Lucretia
   legendary heroine of ancient Rome. According to tradition, she was the beautiful and virtuous wife of the nobleman Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus. Her ... [2 related articles]
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4. Lucretia
   Lucretia is a Lat In girl name. The meaning of the name is `riches ` Where is it used? The name Lucretia is mainly used In Ancient Roman.How do they say it elsewhere? Lucrezia ( In Italian) Lucrece ( In French) Lucretia doesn`t appear In 2007`s top-1000 name list.The last time Lucretia appeared In the top-1000 was 38 years ago, In 1970. It
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5. Lucretia
   In Roman legendary history, Lucretia was a lady of distinguished virtue who was raped by Sextus, son of Tarquinius Superbus, king of Rome. She stabbed herself, and her death was the signal for a revolution, by which the Tarqulns were expelled from Rome and a republic formed.
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6. Lucretia
   In Roman legend, the wife of Collatinus, said to have committed suicide after being raped by Sextus, son of Tarquinius Superbus, the last king of Rome. According to tradition, this incident led to the dethronement of Tarquinius and the establishment of the Roman Republic in 509 BC
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7. Lucretia
   `Lucretia` (1664) by Rembrandt van Rijn, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. `Lucretia` is a legendary figure in the history of the Roman Republic. According to the story, told mainly by the Roman historian Livy and the Greek historian Dionysius of Halicarnassus (who lived in Rome at the time ...
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