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She stopped near the feet of Arria. It was her grandmother, the Lady Claudia, once a beauty of the great capital, now gray and wrinkled, but still erect with patrician pride. Vergilius had risen quickly, bowed low, and kissed her hand. "I often saw you, son of my friend, when you were a child," said she. "I remember when you were young you went away with the legions."
The stories of Lucretia, Cloelia, Virginia, Cornelia, Arria, and the like, familiar to every Roman schoolboy, must have raised greatly the esteem in which women were held. As Rome became a world power, the Romans likewise grew in breadth of view, in equity, and in tolerance.
A colossal head of Juno, I believe, is considered the greatest treasure of the collection, but I did not myself feel it to be so, nor indeed did I receive any strong impression of its excellence. The sitting statue of Mars is very fine; so is the Arria and Paetus; so are many other busts and figures.
Under the great purple dome there is none more beautiful, and with your favor and that of the gods I hope to make her my wife." "Ah, then, I know her?" "It is Arria, sister of Appius." "And daughter of my beloved prefect. You are ambitious, my good youth." The emperor stood a moment, looking downward thoughtfully. He felt his retreating chin.
Then said the emperor: "Be merry. 'Tis not for long." "'Tis a thousand years!" said she, sadly. He was fond of the young, and her frank innocence appealed to all best in the heart of the old emperor. He turned to greet the Lady Lucia. "Come with me, son of Varro," said Arria, taking the arm of her lover and leading him away. "It will soon be to-morrow." "And I am acquitted?" So spoke the emperor.
It is, indeed, the idea of fierceness, and not of bravery, which destroys the female character; for who can read the story of the justly celebrated Arria without conceiving as high an opinion of her gentleness and tenderness as of her fortitude?
The members of this society lived in intimate companionship, and many ladies contributed their share to its culture and virtuous aspirations. Such were Arria, the heroic wife of Paetus, Fannia, the wife of Helvidius, and Fulvia Sisenna, the mother of Persius.
And Arria, my pretty maiden, you shall repair my heart with kisses." A pet kitten leaped upon the table. It seemed to startle him, and he struck it dead with his hand. Then he sprang up suddenly and looked about, a feline stealth upon him, and ran with catlike paces to the deck. "Get to work, you sea-rats!" he roared. "Every man to his place.
Consider this, my beloved, if every man loved a good woman as I love you a new peace would fill the world." Then he told her of his discovery of David, the brother of Cyran, and their friendship. When Appius told his mother and his sister what Augustus had said to him, they were greatly distressed. But Arria would not believe that Vergilius had been guilty of dishonor.
When at last she had dried her eyes and composed her countenance she returned to the room. When her husband had taken part in an intended revolt against Claudius, he was to be carried as a prisoner across the Adriatic to Rome. He was on the point of embarking, when Arria begged the soldiers to take her on board with him.
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